Adjustable Shrouded Brake
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Adjustable Shrouded Brake
Browning (BOSS), Que Industries and others have marketed combo barrel brake/tuners in the past. An adjustable shroud placed over the brake negates the brake but permits barrel tuning. Such a fitting could be handy for discipline swaps eg between PRS and F-Class. Does anyone know of the legalities of this arrangement under the SSRs?
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Re: Adjustable Shrouded Brake
If it doesn't have exposed ports, it's not a brake as I see it but if you want an absolute answer, it's the Rules Director's conundrum.
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Re: Adjustable Shrouded Brake
Be careful, that is starting to look/sound like what could be confused as a sound moderator or silencer, illegal here.
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Re: Adjustable Shrouded Brake
Jasmay, I checked the Qld Police website before posting. The regs read: "......(h) a silencer or other device or contrivance made or used, or capable of being used, or intended to be used, for reducing the sound caused by discharging a firearm;"
"...reducing the sound...."????? hmmm. Where and by how many dB? In front of the muzzle? To the side? Behind the shooter? etc etc. A brake reduces the sound in front of the muzzle. Does that make it an "illegal" silencer? No. A bloop tube will "reduce the sound" by a measurable amount also. As you can see, the regs definition is pretty loose - but we all know what their intent is.
I'll take some SPL readings with and without the brake+shroud, and see what the difference is. A few dB plus or minus should not cause any concern given that an average moderator can reduce SPLs by 30dB or more.
"...reducing the sound...."????? hmmm. Where and by how many dB? In front of the muzzle? To the side? Behind the shooter? etc etc. A brake reduces the sound in front of the muzzle. Does that make it an "illegal" silencer? No. A bloop tube will "reduce the sound" by a measurable amount also. As you can see, the regs definition is pretty loose - but we all know what their intent is.
I'll take some SPL readings with and without the brake+shroud, and see what the difference is. A few dB plus or minus should not cause any concern given that an average moderator can reduce SPLs by 30dB or more.
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