Muzzle Brake Noise Levels Tested by PrecisionRifleBlog.com
Cal Zant at PrecisionRifleBlog.com continues to crank out interesting results from his recent muzzle brake field test. Cal recently released his muzzle brake sound test results, which gives us hard data on 20 different muzzle brakes.
Sound can be a tricky subject, but Cal Zant, the editor of PrecisionRifleBlog.com, presents everything an informed shooter should know about muzzle brake noise in a straightforward and practical way. Most sound tests are measured from the side of the muzzle, in accordance with mil-spec standards, and Cal did that. But he also measured the sound level of each brake from behind the rifle, closer to the shooter’s position. This provides a more accurate indicator of the actual sound levels firearms operators will encounter while shooting.
Muzzle brakes ARE really loud — that’s something most active shooters have observed. But this study finally gives us some hard data and makes objective comparisons. The difference between brakes was quite significant. Some brakes were ear-splitting — more than twice as loud as other brakes tested.
As a bonus, Cal also provides data on how the new Ultra series suppressors from Thunder Beast Arms Corp (TBAC) compare in terms of sound level behind the rifle.
Check out the Test Results: http://precisionrifleblog.com/2015/08/07/muzzle-brakes-sound-test.
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Maybe the hearing aid salesman, Chris, will click on the test results and learn just how damaging the sound from a gunshot really is, even when suppressed. The all too commonly used OSHA readings should NEVER, EVER be used as a guideline for what is a safe level when shooting firearms.
This evaluation is awesome. I love quantifiable reviews like this. My only quibble is, I do wish, that some linear compensators (or the like) had been included.
Regardless, many kudos and thanks for putting this out there.