Does anybody have any experience with muzzle brakes on shotguns? I’m trying to reduce the recoil on my wife’s shotgun. A guy at work suggested a muzzle brake but I haven’t ever heard of them. From what I can see it’s just a weight at the end of the barrel.
It does look like there more common on rifles but how well do they work on shotguns.
Does anybody have any experience with muzzle brakes on shotguns? I’m trying to reduce the recoil on my wife’s shotgun. A guy at work suggested a muzzle brake but I haven’t ever heard of them. From what I can see it’s just a weight at the end of the barrel.
It does look like there more common on rifles but how well do they work on shotguns.
So muzzle brakes basically blow a portion of the gas that usually expels out the end of your barrel at an angle backwards. It reduces recoil by changing gas direction from straight out the barrel to like a 45 degree angle back. Muzzle brakes aren’t something that go on shotguns though. You can have your barrel ported, which is basically holes drilled to allow gasses to shoot out from the barrel. This only really reduces muzzle rise and only reduces recoil a little bit.
I was wondering if they meant a ported choke tube. But again. Doesn’t really help with recoil.
DT
I’ve never seen or heard of a muzzle brake on a shotgun. Like DT said maybe he means a ported choke tube?
Search for “Cutts Compensator”. Don’t know if they are made anymore.
For fun search for “Poly choke”. My dad had one on his Sears Ted Williams shotgun. I think Winchester made the shotguns for Sears. I shot it until I bought my 870.
I just put a Witt Machine, at the recommendation from my boss, clamp on muzzle brake on my .308 and it made a big difference.
They make ones for Shotguns to.
There are muzzle brakes for shotguns, mainly marketed towards the tactical/HD side of usage.
Look at aftermarket recoil pads for shotguns for effective felt recoil reduction.
Also, don’t feed the gun with heavy loads.
We should ask what you will be shooting out of the gun?
A lot of the tactical style options don’t allow slugs through them.
DT
Barrel porting works too, and will slightly reduce the weight instead of adding weight.
She hunts pheasants and deer. I have found a problem with a muzzle brake is they are not for ribbed barrels but they do have screw in brakes. After reading more about them I don’t think this something that this something I want to pursue. I think a better but pad is my first place I’m going to look.
I put a Limbsaver recoil pad on my auto loader. It works, but adds a bit to the length of pull. Overall, I like it.
Does anybody have any experience with muzzle brakes on shotguns? I’m trying to reduce the recoil on my wife’s shotgun. A guy at work suggested a muzzle brake but I haven’t ever heard of them. From what I can see it’s just a weight at the end of the barrel.
It does look like there more common on rifles but how well do they work on shotguns.
IMO, down size the gun. I don’t think a recoil pad is going to help tremendously. I’d be worried the “kick” is going to affected her shooting if she’s thinking about it and if it’s really bad, she might just hang it up completely.
Does anybody have any experience with muzzle brakes on shotguns? I’m trying to reduce the recoil on my wife’s shotgun. A guy at work suggested a muzzle brake but I haven’t ever heard of them. From what I can see it’s just a weight at the end of the barrel.
It does look like there more common on rifles but how well do they work on shotguns.
A muzzle brake is for rifles.
On a shotgun, the same thing is accomplished by what is called “porting”. Holes are drilled in the barrel near the muzzle and these allow gasses to vent out before the wad exits the muzzle, so the “opposite reaction” recoil is reduced. Porting can also be tuned to reduce muzzle climb to keep the shotgun on target better.
How much of a difference porting makes is a matter of some debate and it will vary between shotguns. The problem with porting is you basically have to try it to see and at that point you’re stuck with it.
For a recoil-sensitive shooter, the thing that is going to make the biggest difference in felt recoil is the shotgun action itself. Gas-operated autos are hands down the softest recoiling shooters. To really make a difference, going to a gas-operated auto is going to deliver the most recoil reduction.
Weight is also a consideration. With a small-framed shooter, this can be a tricky thing to get right, but a superlight shotgun is going to deliver more felt recoil than a heavier shotgun.
Check out https://www.falconstrikeusa.com/. I put one of these on my shotgun and it reduced recoil quite a bit.
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