How Much Louder with a Muzzle Brake?

The brake doesn't raise the noise at all, it just makes everyone on the line think you are shooting at them :) I've seen some that don't have any side or bottom vents. I hear these (one is the tapco brake for the CETME I think) help with follow-up shots but don't do much for recoil. I don't sweat them much. Shooting guns is loud business, if you don't have proper ear protection them get off the line. That said, some of the larger caliber brakes send out a pressure wave that can be quite distracting and sets off car alarms :) If more companies made sleeved slip-on mock flash suppressors that are just ornamental then I suspect the number of muzzle brakes sold would go down. LAter.
 
I'm pretty sure it isn't really louder, just redistributed from the front to the sides.
I think I will leave that theory untested as I don't really want to be in front of any caliber rifle when it is fired.
I would guess that in the case of magnums they are worth it, but they would be the ones that could make you REAL unpopular with the guys on either side.:eek:
 
I'm pretty sure it isn't really louder, just redistributed from the front to the side

I'm pretty sure it isn't really louder, just redistributed from the front to the sides.
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Agreed. And back towards the shooter as well.

It can be miserable shooting next to someone with a muscle braiycke. I think when you see them on the average postban AR, it's mainly for looks. And they don't really look all that great to me.
 
Hmmmm...

I have a Bushmaster Shorty AK, not because I wanted the muzzle brake, but I got a good deal on it. I have yet to hear anyone comment on the sound of my rifle and I don't notice ANY difference between mine and anybody else's AR out there. Even when I'm in the lane next to my buddy when he's shooting my rifle, I don't notice any difference. Strange indeed.:confused:
 
I had the Bushy M4 with the Mini Y comp. I hated that damned comp so much, I sold the rifle. I should have just sawn it off and crowned the barrel. My new M1a came with the cali. brake, and the first thing I did was to buy a flash hider. Still wating on it to come it. I'd like to use the M1a on an ocassional hunt, but I'd lose the shot due to a flinch knowing what the crack of the muzzle break is going to do to my ears. I fired th M-4 ONCE without ear protection to see what it was like, just incase I wanted to take it up to the stand. After the bleeding stopped, I used plugs in my ears. It also blew gas in your face when you shot it. :mad:
 
I'll take a guess and say that a slotted type flash hider is going to redirect some sound to the sides, but not back.
If, on the other hand you had a cone type like the M1 C/D or the Enfeild Jungle Carbine that should actually keep a little bit of the sound pointed downrange and away from you.
 
do flash-hiders raise noise and blast levels as much as brakes?
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No, not to the shooter, since the blast isn't directed back at your face like most brakes do. But I have had others mention that the FS on my M1A does produce a bit more side blast to bystanders than a similar weapon with a plain muzzle.
 
From My Experience I've seen Muzzle brakes clear off empty soda cans and boxes from tables and YES they are Louder. "This One goes to Eleven" "Well its One Louder Isn't it".
 
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