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Has anyone used one. I have a couple rifles, mainly a Rem 700 .223 that I purchased several years ago from a forum member. Would a clamp on brake work?

I see a metric poop of things that can go wrong with them.
IF the taper of the brake matched the taper of the barrel, then I could see it working ok.
Thats never gonna happen. It may not hold, it may allow the bullet to hit the brake if it’s cock eyed.

I wouldn't do it, but that’s me.

Short answer is no. They might work for a few rounds but you have to make sure it’s TIGHT! They will
Move around they really aren’t worth it.

I’ve never used one. Haven’t had the balls.
A decent smith will thread your barrel for $75-$150. Any more than that and they better use KY.

Make sure you paint it bright orange so that you can find it downrange.

Well OK, that some advise from folks I trust. Thought it may be woth a try.....

Justsomedude wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:33 pm Make sure you paint it bright orange so that you can find it downrange.

Sooooo, no…

So some I looked up require you to give barrel dimensions.
I 98% believe those would be fine.
But, they are the same or in some cases twice the pride it would be to have the barrel threaded. So….

IIRC, Jayhawker has or had one of these on s .400 Win Mag....

https://www.badgerordnance.com/fte-muzz ... b-38c.html

I think that’s a threaded barrel and the clamp is just to time the brake.

Zee wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:59 pm I think that’s a threaded barrel and the clamp is just to time the brake.

Looks like I missed a detail. That explains a bit.

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:39 pm So some I looked up require you to give barrel dimensions.
I 98% believe those would be fine.
But, they are the same or in some cases twice the pride it would be to have the barrel threaded. So….

That's what I was looking at. It's the .223 I bought from BigDan several years ago. 10ish I think. Living in Miami I didn't shoot it much. Didn't seem very accurate until I figured out it has a super slow barrel twist. 52 Gr ELD-M put three in one hole the other week. I had swapped scopes and had not shot it since. Shot three at 50 to see where it was and was shocked. Mr. Z convinced me to put a brake on my .308 and I enjoined watching holes appear on the target. Now I want more of them thanks to Z and CPJ. Heading on vacation so when I get back will find a gunsmith to thread the barrel.

Zee wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:59 pm I think that’s a threaded barrel and the clamp is just to time the brake.

Correct...the barrel is stepped down and threaded ....If I recall the installation was $100.00 or so
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