Can I put a muzzle break on a tapered barrel?

Question

I bought a remington 710 in 30-06, it has a tapered barrel, extremely heavy recoil, and I i'd like to put a muzzle break on it to dampen the recoil, is there a way to install the muzzle break, and what style muzzle break should i use?

Answer 1

This is not a project for the home workshop. Your best bet would be to consult a local reputable gun shop, especially one that specializes in hunting rifles. There are several designs of muzzle brakes that can be mated to your tapered Remington barrel, but such modification should be left to the pros, as it would be very easy to mess up your expensive rifle trying to do this yourself. You might try where you bought your piece first.

Answer 2

I will second the last poster. If you really need the muzzle brake have it put on by a qualified gunsmith an it should be the screw on type.

But I think a better bet for handling recoils is to install a high quality butt pad like the Limbsaver or a Pachmeyer De-cellerator. They both do an excellent job of taming recoil and they will cost you less than having the muzzle brake put on. What's more a recoil pad won't turn off a prospective buyer if you ever choose to sell the rifle. Many hunters do not like muzzle brakes due to the muzzle blast and they break up the lines of the rifle. I think this hold especially true for a relatively light kicking rifle like the .30-06

Answer 3

Installation of a muzzlebreak is a gunsmith job. Because the muzzle has to be threaded to accept the muzzlebreak, a qualified gunsmith has to do it. But, yes, a muzzlebreak can be put on a tapered barrel. Properly done by a gunsmith who knows what he is doing, it will appear to be a part of the barrel rather than an add-on. An alternative to adding a muzzlebreak onto the end of your barrel is to have ports cut into the sides and top of the muzzle by an electronic discharge process. This is done by a company called Magna Port. The end result is a very nicely done series of trapizoidal ports cut into the muzzle of your barrel. The advantage is that it does not add any length to your barrel the way a regular muzzlebrake will. Either way will work quite well. I had a muzzlebrake added to my .30-06 and it reduced the felt recoil to something about like the recoil of a .243. It will have no effect on the accuracy. To find Magna Port and make arrangements to send them your barrel, do a web search to find their web site. I don't know what their web address is. they can also do something called a cryogenic treatment to your barrerl that is supposed to relieve all of the stresses in the metal in your barrel and increase its accuracy. Some say it works and some say it doesn't but in either case, no one has said that it decreased the accuracy of their barrel. I think the treatment is a bit pricy but talk to the folks at Magna Port to find out all about it.

Answer 4

+1 for magnaport.
http://www.magnaport.com/rifle.html
read up on it before you make a decision. I have a magnaported handgun barrel and you can tell the difference. If you really want to reduce recoil you have got to go with a jp rifle brake.
If you go with magna port get an estimate on the time it will take.

I personally think it is foolish not to reduce recoil on powerful rifles. The only drawback is noise.

Answer 5

That's probably not the solution. Having a gunsmith drill holes in your barrel is going to be expensive and the result will be loud. The 30-06 isn't that hard a kicker, and I wonder if the stock doesn't fit your frame, or (rarity of rarities) it somehow is out of spec.

Answer 6

Don't waste your time trying this yourself.Get a qualified gunsmith to do it.He will have to turn the barrel down and then thread the end so that the break can be screwed on tight.

Answer 7

Magna Porting would reduce the recoil. This involves having a gun smith counter bore the end of the rifle and drilling holes. The noise level is LOUD. I had my 30-06 magna ported----mistake!!!
You could trade it off for semi-auto. They don't kick as much.
bigbair70-----------Never let them see you sweat

Answer 8

Yes, you can have it done by a gunsmith, and I would recommend a threaded one, not one that uses a pin to keep it in place. You might also consider a recoil pad.