Muzzle Brake recommendations for 22 Creedmoor

[Pawnee Bill]

I like Eric Cortina's muzzle brake tuner. Good muzzle brake + a good tuner. What more could you ask for?!! Check it out.

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

I Have a Witt Machine, "Clamp On" Brake, on my .22-250 Rem 700 "Sporter" rifle @ 8 pounds and It, "Works" surprisingly, Well ! With, 50 gr. V-Max Bullets at, Sub 3,600 FPS I can See, the "Splodies" on Sage Rats and PD's !
I drilled Out, the Top Holes a little "Bit" Larger to,.. accomplish, THIS !
They ARE, Reasonably inexpensive and work,.. surprisingly WELL !

 

[RegionRat]

It is pretty much impossible to make an objective assessment of muzzle brakes unless you actually measure their effectiveness.

There are several videos of people using different measuring tools, some very simple, a sled type rig, but seemingly effective, some quite elaborate using accelerometers that have the ability to make precise measurements.

I find it amusing that there are a plethoria of threads on this forum discussing measuring cartridge components, seemingly to the 0.0005 +/- 0.0001 (bullets, cases, powder, primers) and yet I see people posting things like "My friend Bubba has a Fire Breathing Smoken Choken Brake and it is as good as any brake."

Brake test example

Another test

Another test

If it saves folks some time, here are some of the summaries from the testing in that Canadian Precision Shooting video.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...oEhXWJpYD8pY/edit?gid=149947994#gid=149947994

And Gavin recently added testing of the Botnia brakes as well.

 

[Mike in Oregon]

I did a mercury tube in the butt!

 

[ELR LVR]

I’m finishing my very first build! It’s a .22 CM, and the last component I need is a muzzle brake.

It doesn’t look like there are many options out there for 22, but I’ve been reading some mixed perspectives about using a larger caliber brake.

Any perspective on a quality 22 brake or whether it’s ok to go with a 6 or 6.5 brake.

Thanks

Fine to go with a large caliber brake
using one for 6.5 would be slightly more efficient
But its more the mechanics and physics of the brake rather than the hole diameter that make a brake effective
When you are reducing felt recoil by at least 40% or more, an extra 5% or so simply due to maximizing hole diameter wont really be felt or noticed
I use 308 size brakes on a few of my .224 rifles and they work great.
mainly because 308 sized brakes are easiest to find in 5/8-24 thread size
Its not a real big deal
Now I must emphazise - the design and physics of the brake
So what I have found, if you use a Tank Style brake
With large surface area for the gasses to smack against upon exiting
having 3 slots (more is fine too, such as 4 or 5) but at least 3 Slots on both sides
A wide, 3 slot brake will do what you want it to
Those first 2 exit slots are doing majority of the work.
I recently tried a 5 slot brake -and it seems much louder, even from the shooters position
And that is with a small 22BR case, - it works really well, but very noticeably louder than a 3 slot
So as of now, I favor 3 slot tank style brakes, similar to these
- The small diameter round slotted brakes, arent as effective

 

[RabbitSlayer]

I have a Little Bastard 6mm brake that I would give you

Can't go wrong with a free little bastard!