I have a savage 12 in 22-250 and I'm thinking about adding a muzzle break. I shoot PD's and yotes but the muzzle jumps just enough that I loose sight of the target. Any advise would be helpful

personally I think it is a good idea. I have muzzle brakes on at least 8 rifles, but I do try to be considerate at the range. roger

Nothing wrong with one on a 22-250. Vais brake.

Will the recoil be like a .223 with a Vais?

The new Vais muzzle brake, made by the originator George Vais, not Bartlett, is improved over the older models. It does not have holes in the front of the brake as does the older version.

One of my buddies put a new Vais brake on his 22-250 and it took the recoil way down. I would guess it was about a 40% reduction. He is able to see impact of the bullet with the brake and enjoys it.

Might try BP-TEC.com for your brake. They seem cutting edge and I'm thinking of one on my .220 Swift.

John

A muzzle break will make you shoot with ear plugs in at all times. If you dont use ear plugs while hunting, I would not get a muzzle break. A couple of years ago I ordered a Remington 700, 300 WinMag. When it arrived it had a muzzle break. I thought it was great at first. Now I'm spending $ to have it cut off.

Have you considered a shrouded muzzle break? Or a reflex silencer - it adds the same length to the barrel as a muzzle break and I am told they reduce recoil as much as a muzzle break.

I've got some muzzle brakes on varmit rifles and it helps with the jump. When you get into the smaller calibers the noise isn't all that bad like on a mag rifle but you still need good hearing protection.

If your shooting at a covered range noise will be alittle lowder than shooting without cover. Well good luck

Might try top of barrel porting 45 deg. left and 45 deg. right of top center with 15 deg. forward.6 holes spaced appart .05 with two rows of .062 dia holes this can be done cheaply and keeps the muzzle down with blast noise not being to bad.

I have been considering a muzzle shroud of about 75mm (3") that overhangs the muzzle by about 15mm (1/2") with a baffle with a hole just above bore diameter. On top of this would go a fore sight looking thing into which the forward and sideway ports would be machined. (I was thinking 15° sideways and forward). This should, hopefully, soften the muzzle blast, reduce felt recoil a bit and most of all, eliminate muzzle lift. It would look like the AR logo with a foresight mounted. My 303 already has a muzzle shroud, so fitting a baffle and vent mount would be quite easy. Now that you have aroused my interest, I will make it my next project (for next week).

Right. Here it is - a little smaller than planned, overhanging the muzzle by 50mm/2 inches. This is on a 303-25 and is still a prototype. Its effectiveness is astounding! It is attached to the barrel using Loc-Tite only (which makes it removable with a little heat). This rifle was fired alongside a 308 fitted with a large over-barrel suppressor and the 'report' from the two rifles were indistinguishable. Recoil was un-noticeable (it must have been there - the sight picture did move). And what inspector is going to think he needs to test it for excessive sound reduction?



I did say it is a prototype.

Its a bit of a pain in the arse to get suppressors (silencers) over here in the states. Gotta pay a tax, wait several months, and jump through some hoopes to get one. Not worth it, honestly.

All my p-dog shootin buddies brake all their rifles for the same reason, to see impact. And don't worry about the noise, because if you're sitting on a p-dog town all day shooting without hearing protection, you're just not thinking clearly and you're hearing is already damaged. A shot here and there like all of us do is no big deal, but firing up to 500+ rounds even of .22LR you should be wearing protection. Besides, it isn't "hunting" its "shooting" so wear them eyes and ears

I have a KDF muzzle brake on a 300 WINMAG that unscrews and can be replaced with a screw-on thread protector so that you don't bugger up the threads when you take it off to go hunting. That way you can go to the range and shoot comfortably but not blow your eardrums out when you fire it without ear protectors in the field.

Well, I will be making a similar device for a friends 22-250 (and one for my 303 Brit). I'll report back on the effectiveness - which will be subjective! These new ones will be screw on onto threaded collars, bonded onto the barrels (making them heat removeable).