Surefire MB556K is brutal on my 14.5, I can't imagine it on an SBR. I usually have my Warden on most of the time. I plan on picking up a Surefire WarComp for my 10.3.
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Surefire MB556K is brutal on my 14.5, I can't imagine it on an SBR. I usually have my Warden on most of the time. I plan on picking up a Surefire WarComp for my 10.3.
Thank you to all who chimed in. I have been reading the posts for days.
Not sure what I'm going to do when the time comes but all the advice is great.
5.56 doesn’t need a brake unless you’re consistently placing in 3 gun matches. I believe the muzzle brake sacrificial blast baffle theory was proven to be false reasoning. I think silencerco posted something about it in their website. I’d put an A2, possibly a KX3 or 5 on it, but I don’t have personal experience with them. Buy the can. Wait.
The fact is that 10.5 unsuppressed is miserable for everyone. You don’t need a brake to control it. Keep your fellow shooters in mind, and realize the implications of using it in a defensive scenario indoors.
The blast forward devices make way too much flash
Plus heavy and expensive
A2 is still concussive
JP or similar 3 prong flash hider FTW
I'm getting about zero flash on dark indoor range
And it's much less concussion
I have a couple sbr's and I don't know why anyone would own one without the intent of using it suppressed. They are not pleasant to shoot for anyone unsuppressed.
in the event you won't, as you stated, go anything but a break.
To echo the good advice of other members who already posted, decide on a can first, then the mount. I can speak personally to the setup that you have. I have a Noveske 10.5" upper that had ('had' being the operative word) a Surefire SOCOM brake on it. As soon as the Warcomp was released, it was changed out for a Warcomp.
The brake was originally used on the anecdotal wisdom of the "sacrificial baffle", this is a bit of an "old" way of looking at things. Perhaps that was a good idea years ago, but today's quality components, precise machining, concentric threads and quality ammo do more to avoid baffle strikes than the belief in "sacrificial baffles". I did shoot it with the brake but it was oppressively loud and wouldn't recommend doing it unless the range is too crowded and you want to get some people to leave :eek:.
If you're worried about snagging or ringing of open tines (assuming you chose a Surefire can), there's a closed tine Warcomp now.