The muzzle brake will make your rifle have noticeably less recoil at the cost of a higher perceived decibel to the shooter.I hardly do any night shooting since my gun club closes the ranges just before dark. Would I be better off leaving the factory Flash Suppressor on the rifle or would it be to my advantage to install a Muzzle brake.
Not to Hi-jack the thread, but i've been seriously on the fence about finally getting a supressor. I've read alot of opinions/experiences people have had with the M1A and it not supressing well.Should be fine as is. However, if you plan on using a can you may want to change it (an adaptor) so that you have a standard thread pitch.
I use Primary Weapons Systems PRC series of breaks, but the original is just fine if not using a can.
* you also need an adjustable gas plug.
The recoil and flash mitigation is excellent.
I'd suppress an AR-10-type rather than a M1A/M-14.Not to Hi-jack the thread, but i've been seriously on the fence about finally getting a supressor. I've read alot of opinions/experiences people have had with the M1A and it not supressing well.
Can anyone speak to this? I really would love to get a multi-cal suppressor for the M1A and my M400 Tread.
What mounts do you use? how do I deal with the gassing issue etc.
I’ll say that my M1A has less felt recoil than the .300 Win Mag action I used as the crack test for the bolt action stocks I was making for Mossberg back in the day but I disagree that it’s fairly light.The M1A has a fairly light recoil, so I use Smith Enterprise Vortex flash hiders on mine.
Not to Hi-jack the thread, but i've been seriously on the fence about finally getting a supressor. I've read alot of opinions/experiences people have had with the M1A and it not supressing well.
Can anyone speak to this? I really would love to get a multi-cal suppressor for the M1A and my M400 Tread.
What mounts do you use? how do I deal with the gassing issue
That was my initial thought and plan after reading a bunch of articles on it, and still may be the plan. Eventually down the road i'll pick up another .308 and put a suppressor on that one I think.Keep in mind using a suppressor on a M1A will result in increased back-pressure into the gas system, therefore you'd be wise to change out & install an adjustable gas system to reduce stress on to the op rod.
Plus, in order to use a suppressor means installing some attachment on to the end -d the barrel to attach the suppressor to since I don;t think the threads are compatible with standard .308/7.62x51 can threads.
IMO, stick to putting a can on the Tread. It's alot easier.
My .02
I have been shooting the M1A/M14 suppressed since 2006, and I have used nothing but suppressor kit from Smith Enterprise. I chose SEI because they have been building military M14s for suppressor use for years. Gas & debris are blown back at the shooter... I use the M3 Breech shield to deflect the blow back away from my face, and I use an extra volume gas plug that is NOT adjustable. (The gas system on the M1A/M14 is self adjusting).Not to Hi-jack the thread, but i've been seriously on the fence about finally getting a supressor. I've read alot of opinions/experiences people have had with the M1A and it not supressing well.
Can anyone speak to this? I really would love to get a multi-cal suppressor for the M1A and my M400 Tread.
What mounts do you use? how do I deal with the gassing issue etc.