Side-blast to others is gonna suck, and you'll have flash. 308 Win recoil through your bolt gun is too harsh, run that brake. If you only want recoil reduction (.50 BMG.

Depends on what you want, primarily - because there's always a trade-off. I'm not trying to school you, ipsick, just providing my 0.02 bullets here, for others. It doesn't really worry about muzzle rise or twist to the shooter, or concussion to other shooters beside you, but it worries about suppressing muzzle flash.Ĭombinations - there are many, and they're not perfect at any one thing, but do the best at a few things. Combinations of those.Ĭompensator - affects muzzle rise/twist, and might mitigate a little flash.īrake - be damned to concussion or side-blast or flash, it mitigates felt recoil to the shooter.įlash Hider - just that. My take on it, brother - Comp, Brake, FH. Will supplanting the JP Comp with the Smith Vortex make a substantial increase in recoil?Īnyone out there with empirical (experiential) comparisons of recoil between a flash hider and comp in a. So will the Smith Vortex be better noise-wise for hunting and what kind of recoil increase am I looking at with the Smith Vortex? With my current system of JP Comp, Adjustable Gas Block, and Low Mass BCG the recoil is barely any more than my. The consideration for the Flash Hider is for use in the field for hunting and I figure it is a good alternative to a plain jane barrel thread protector. I am also currently using a JP Adjustable Gas Block with the JP Low Mass BCG. 308 JP Barrel with JP Tactical Comp and I am considering replacing the Comp with the Smith Vortex Flash Hider.

Trying to get an idea what the recoil/noise differences are between a Flash Hider vs.

Flash hider vs muzzle brake photo