Thread: New Varimax Quick-change muzzlebrake

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

now those are a cool idea.
Just been watching a few of your break comparision videos.
So even with this breaks port closed it still reduces recoil by 17%? How does that work?

Awesome design man!

Thanks for the comments.

Yes, that is what the results from the tests show. I don't know why, but i suspect that enough gas disturbance/resistance is caused by the brake internals, that it minimizes the rapid discharge of the propellant gas to atmosphere, which is usually the main cause of the recoil forces.

I guess you could say it kind of acts like a 'mini-suppressor' when the ports are blocked off.

When you have a proper test-jig set-up like that you start to discover things and little improvements that you just can't tell from the usual shoot-and-guess methods.....