Thread: Hearing protection muzzle brakes

Originally Posted by m101a1

I got a hera linear brake for my black rifle brilliant it is . you could shoot it under a covered firing point and it pushs the sound forward after the bullet with no jump and no side blast to your hand 50mm next to it so it will be going onto my next 223 , only wish I could have got a 30 cal one at the time but they were sold out . Only down side is you have to hit what you are shooting at as the animal will hear the shot clearer .

Same idea with Mickey Duck's piece of piping.

Earliest linear "brake" I know of on a short rifle is on the Lee Enfield No 5 "Jungle Carbine". No it's not a flash hider, but a blast forwarder, and recoil actually increases by 1.5x or so when the blast forwarder is attached! The big bang of the shortened barrel was clearly considered worth shielding the firer from -- even back in the pre-health-and-safety days.



The linear style brakes will reduce noise to the firer about 50% so still not great for hunting without hearing protection. Wearing plugs as you say is not a solution either when stalking. Get yourself some electronic ear muffs, Howard Leights are just bout $100 and will do, except of course for when someone shoots next to you with a side venting muzzle brake...