[dragula426]

So I purchased a Sig Cross in .308 with a 16" barrel for target shooting. I put about 8 rounds thru it without the muzzle brake and didn't mind it.

I purchased a muzzle brake and installed it.

Ultradyne Apollo S Compensator Muzzle Brake Timing Nut 7.62mm 5/8-24

The Ultradyne Apollo S provides competition level recoil reduction and muzzle control. By using a scientific approach and studying thousands of recoil...

www.midwayusa.com

Well, I actually did not like the results. It looks cool. But on the bench, I could not stay on target after the trigger pull...It always jumped back and left. I was not expecting this. All reviews said otherwise.

Then I looked at all the other reviews, and all of them listed had good reviews.

But that is not the worst of it. The muzzle blast itself, even being right behind it, caught me as well. Granted, most of it was to the sides, but I was still feeling it, and I found I did not like it.

So it not only did not stop the recoil as effectively as I thought it would, but it also got me with some of it.

I am not going to buy ever style out there to find what I like on a short rifle.....What do you guys like the best short of a suppressor.

 

[super4417]

I’m using the Area 419 Hellfire brake on my 6mm Dasher. Seems to work fine and the rifle moves straight back.

 

[Bigswede]

The concussion created when using a brake on a shorter barrel rifle like you have sucks. I personally wouldn’t use one on anything under 18” and never in lanes with walls.

I used to shoot a .223 SBR with a brake and I would shoot it inside once in a while and every time I would shoot it the lanes on both sides of me would clear out. I quit using it indoors because it was so obnoxious.

 

[ironpony]

Nice I am picking mine up today. SIG Cross 6.5 Creedmoor. And I have to agree with Bigswede. SIG has a couple of brakes available for the gun, uses the taper, supposed to be better ?

everything I read said 6.5 flatter faster less recoil figured I'd give it a try.

 

[super4417]

Bigswede makes a good point. My friend Glen uses an Ultradyne on one of his ARs he uses on match day. It makes a hell of a blast 💥 The barrel on my Dasher is 28 inches long so that makes it easier to take.

 

[65StickStang]

I love Hypertap breaks on my AR's, greatly reduces what little recoil they have to almost nothing but damn you feel it in the face. Couldn't imagine it with a .308.
I bought one for my 24" 6.5 but haven't tried it yet.

 

[super4417]

I was wrong, Glen told me yesterday he has a Hypertap and it does what 65stick says, a lot of blast but the gun doesn’t move. It’s on a 6.5 Grendel.

 

[dragula426]

I took mine off, went back to naked until I can try others.