I've gone full circle on them myself. When I got into 3Gun heavy I saw the benefits because they do give you an edge in recoil management and so I bought one of the more popular
Surefire MB556K with the reasoning that I would eventually get a Surefire Mini for the AR15. About 6 months later I decided that would likely not happen as I don't want to do the year long wait for a form4 and money has been going to other priorities.
Well now I'm back to thinking a dedicated can for the AR would be nice, but I want to do a form1 build to save some money and looking for a "strike baffle / Muzzle Brake" that is simple (ie. thread on with a centering 45deg shoulder like the Wilson) landed me with the
Wilson/Jet design as shown in the video.
Today was the first time shooting it and it does as good or better a job at recoil management than the MB556K did, but is brutal to anyone on the sides as shown in the slow-mo portion of the clip. This can be fixed easily though with
Wilson's forward funnel attachment but you defeat the recoil management with it attached for the most part.
Group @ 7 yards had 1/2" max vertical stringing with 55gr Extreme over 26.5gr CFE223 moving at 2690fps from this 12.5" LMT 1/7 barrel.
So given the "MO" of this group, I'm wondering if anyone else runs a brake instead of a flash suppressor and why/why not?
Do you feel the faster follow up shots and target tracking with one never out-weighs the flash signature that they create at night? If you had a can to add, would you run one?
My other carbine is a 16" with and A2 on it. I will be interested to see video of them side by side next time I get a chance.
Thoughts?
