Muzzlebrake for Tikka

[Dgd6mm]

A friend bought a Tikka T3 Lite in 7-08 and it has more recoil then he likes. Looking for suggestions on a brake for it. I have a Harrell's brake on my 700 BDL .300 RUM 26"barrel that works well. I was thinking this would be good for him, but opened to suggestions.

 

[Ledd Slinger]

They all work. Hard to beat a Harrels for price or recoil reduction. However, if it's a hunting rifle, I would only suggest getting a brake that does not port out of the bottom so it doesn't blow up dirt or snow when firing from the prone position or ruin the paint of a truck hood when shooting over it.

 

[Rustystud]

I think that Linwood Harell and his nephew make the best Muzzle brake blanks for the money.

As for the radial brake vs the side ported brake, I believe that one gets a more even gas dispersion with the Radial brake. If you are going to shoot prone don't think a side port brake is any cleaner to shoot. With the side port brakes when the dust settles your just as dirty.

I have used many types of brake and have found the Harrell's brakes to be a great value. I put them on many model 7 Remingtons in 308, 7mm08, 260, and 243 the customers want to reduce recoil on 5 pound rifles so they can see their bullet strikes.

Nat Lambeth

 

[BCBRAD]

I have this one on a Tikka Varmint, works really well.

http://www.hss.net.au/product_info.php?cPath=118&products_id=1012&osCsid=754e0c857d9d5b1a1c8e4d2222da9890

 

[yukonal]

As for the radial brake vs the side ported brake, I believe that one gets a more even gas dispersion with the Radial brake. If you are going to shoot prone don't think a side port brake is any cleaner to shoot. With the side port brakes when the dust settles your just as dirty. Nat Lambeth

Nat, I will have to respectfully disagree with you, and hopefully give some sound advice to the poster.

I have a Vais (radial) muzzle brake on one of my .284's, and a Muscle Brake (side discharge) muzzle brake on the other of my [2] .284's. Both are used for LR hunting, and mostly shot in the prone position when killing hogs in TX...over wheat fields.

The dust kicked up from the Vais makes it impossible to see what happened, and I only can when I look away from the scope, after the dust has settled. With the Muscle Brake, at the shot, I regularly see the hogs throw their head up in the air while collapsing at the shot.

Their is no comparison between the two for sight picture after the shot. Side discharge for me!

Oh, and for the poster...both of the rifles mentioned are custom Tikka T3's.

 

[effendude]

Right on Al!
I too have used many brakes and they all soften up the recoil fairly well. I have switched all of my hunting rifles to side discharge brakes in the last few years. I don't know if they work better than the radial ones as recoil is subjective but they make shooting prone more enjoyable. Less dust, dirt, snow and vegetation showering me after shooting. I can watch hits with the 300 RUM and heavy bullets.

If radial brakes are better, why don't we see them on the front of tanks and other big mechanized warfare rigs? I may be wrong but I recall only seeing side discharge devices. Must be a reason.

Try a Muscle brake form Ryan Pierce or a brake from Nate Bagely of Straight Shot Gunsmithing in North Dakota. Both work great and are reasonably priced.

Scott

 

[mscott]

We started calling the radial brakes "salad shooters" due to them blowing grass all over the guy next to you while shooting prone.