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| I have used electgrical tape on a KDF type of muzzle break several times. However one time my wife and I were hunting together and I shot a buck deer. She was right beside me we were detting side by side and I was shooting almost perefectly straight ahead, and a piece of the tape hit her in the face cutting a small place in her cheek. She was well behind the muzzle. Ine of those "rifle barrel condoms" might be a safer idea.
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| You might look for a machine shop in your area and have them match the threads of the brake on a piece of matching round stock.... That way you'll protect the threads from being damaged if the muzzle happens to get banged on something... I doubt it would cost much... Ken....
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| Posts: 5386 | Location: Phoenix Arizona | Registered: 16 May 2006 |
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| Simple. If the brake is removeable, remove it and problem solved. If it isn't, cut the barrel behind the brake and recrown. Shouldn't hunt with a braked rifle. ------------------------------------------------ "Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder." |
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| Assuming that your brother's muzzle brake is threaded onto the barrel most any 'smith who does them should be able to make a "thread protector" for it.
Shooting without the brake will most likely change the point of impact/zero of the rifle and so it should be checked prior to going on the hunting trip to avoid surprises. |
| Posts: 30 | Location: Texas | Registered: 06 September 2006 |
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| Ray I guess I don't understand what you're doing. I travel with my muzzle brake on the gun all the time don't do anything to it. Don't take it off. |
| Posts: 1679 | Location: Renton, WA. | Registered: 16 December 2005 |
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| Just rezeroed my 338/378 after working up a good hunting load with the brake. POI moved up about 3" and left about 1/2". Thread protector is now in place and zero is confirmed out to 300 meters. I always tape my muzzles and don't want it mess with the brake, or the extra 1 1/2" of barrel length. |
| Posts: 558 | Location: Southwest B.C. | Registered: 16 November 2005 |
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| Me personally the brake would go but he likes it so I'll get him to try that.Putting something over the muzzle makes me a little nervous since I've never tried it but we're headed to the flat tops and figure on snow. Don't want to blow up a rifle because of a plugged barrel. Thanks fella's
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| Posts: 531 | Location: Montgomery, Texas | Registered: 11 September 2005 |
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| Jay Johnson, I think he wants to tape the muzzle to keep rain, mud, debris, snow, etc. out of the barrel. Regards, Brian Meet "Beauty" - 66 cal., 417 grn patched roundball over 170 grns FFg = ~1950 fps of pure fun! "Scotch Whisky is made from barley and the morning dew on angel's nipples." - Warren Ellis NRA Life Member |
| Posts: 479 | Location: Western Washington State | Registered: 10 March 2005 |
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