Chances are if you bought an AR15, it came with a flash hider. Chances are also if you built an AR15 with either a build kit or an assembled upper, it also came with a flash hider. 

The thing about a flash hider is that they offer severely limited utility to an operator. Yes, it will obstruct the muzzle flash and help prevent temporary blindness so the sight picture isn’t interrupted, but that’s really all they’re good for. 

If you’re going to even use an AR15 with a threaded barrel, or build with one, you might as well install a better muzzle device, like an AR15 muzzle brake, that offers expanded value. Here’s what you can expect from one.

Recoil Control 

The main value driver of an AR15 muzzle brake is that it will slash felt recoil, and in a significant way too. 

The principle behind an AR15 muzzle brake is that it will change the manner in which gasses are dispersed at the muzzle. Typically, muzzle brakes either port gasses upward, upward at an angle, or in a radial configuration, around the muzzle.

Doing so redirects the vector of felt recoil, either pushing the muzzle down or effectively eliminating the force that pushes the muzzle upward. A muzzle brake will also outright diminish the force of felt recoil.

The great thing is that a muzzle brake doesn’t just marginally reduce felt recoil. A good one can reduce the force of felt recoil by as much as 50%, and all that without adversely affecting shot power at all. 

This can be a huge bonus to smaller-framed shooters and anyone else who is recoil sensitive because an AR15 muzzle brake can be an easy upgrade, installed in mere moments, that can enable longer shooting with less fatigue. 

Muzzle Flip Mitigation

In addition to reducing the force of felt recoil, an AR15 muzzle brake will also help reduce muzzle flip, which offers a very welcome one-two combo with reduced recoil. 

Lowering muzzle flip will help keep the sights trained on target, which in turn can enable faster, more confident, and more accurate follow up shots.

Needless to say this should be seen as a highly desirable effect, as it can be beneficial not just in competition, in which time is a component of scoring, but in stressful and consequently defensive encounters. 

No Red Tape 

Lastly, an AR15 muzzle brake can be a highly desirable muzzle device, not specifically as an alternative to a flash hider but to a suppressor, because it is not an NFA item. 

Recently, some of the expenses and administrative nonsense associated with procuring a suppressor have been lessened, but they are still classified as NFA items which introduces legal implications. 

This is not the case with an AR15 muzzle brake which is not regulated in the same way, making muzzle brakes a considerably more accessible alternative to a suppressor, especially if you are looking for a muzzle device that can outperform a flash hider.

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