In low light, it doesn’t produce a blinding flash from the top like some others.

The MI 2-Chamber muzzle brake did a good job reducing felt-recoil on my two AK test samples. You can redirect the side blasts while maintaining the same performance. This is actually useful when shooting in close proximity to others. This allows you to turn the brake 90¡ and orient the ports up and down. Interestingly, MI puts detent-indexing cutouts at all four quarter-turns. However, from the shooter’s perspective it’s no louder than the stock slant brake. As expected, the MI 2-Chamber muzzle brake is quite loud from the side. It’s a large port design with a bigger main port and a slimmer second port in front with three small venturi in-between. Their AK Two-Chamber muzzle brake is the only true muzzle brake in this round up, as it doesn’t vent any gas upward to push the muzzle down. (Firearms News photo)įor a number of years now, Midwest Industries (MI) has been making good quality AK handguards at an attractive price point. Midwest Industries AK Two-Chamber Muzzle Brake The Midwest Industries Two-Chamber muzzle brake is a traditional big port design that’s a blend of high-efficiency and good value. The tradeoff of the small port design is it’s harder to design it to be effective, and since it needs more ports to get the same recoil reduction, it’s more expensive to manufacture. The small port design in general is quieter, with a softer side blast, and produces less flash. However, the large port design is very loud, typically produces a large concussive blast and a very bright flash. Most select the large port design because it’s highly effective, easy to develop and economical to manufacture. There are essentially two major types: large port and small port. What really matters to me is the port design of a muzzle brake/compensator. Most of those labeled as compensators do more to reduce recoil than to keep the barrel flat. The majority of muzzle brakes nowadays have venting ports added to the top or have angled some of the ports upward to provide the function of a compensator. Today, the distinction between a muzzle brake and a compensator gets a bit blurred. Adding an effective muzzle brake or compensator can reduce recoil and muzzle rise, the trick is picking the right one. This added the function of recoil reduction by pushing the gun forward during firing. Eventually a true muzzle brake was introduced with the fielding of the AK-74. It’s not really a brake, as it’s essentially a compensator that pushes the barrel down by directing some of the propellant gas upward. They added a simple slant brake in 1959 with the AKM update. Nobody does it better.When the Soviets introduced the AK-47, they didn’t bother to include a muzzle device. The result is a line of products like the VG6 Epsilon AK. Late nights, early mornings and endless testing go into their products before they offer them to the public. The effectiveness of their products is second only to their obsession with innovation. The team at VG6 is obsessed with bringing quality muzzle devices to the tactical arms market. Any recoil that remains is soft and easily controlled so you don’t have to fight to keep in control. You won’t drift off target and new target acquisition is fast. Each follow-up shot is as sure as the first. The unique dual chamber and strategically placed port design allows expelled gasses to be directed so that you keep complete control of your rifle and never move off target. The Epsilon’s extended prongs control flash so well that you won’t have issues with your target being obscured on daytime firing whether you’re aiming with iron sights or through glass. The Epsilon does the work of an AK muzzle brake, compensator and flash hider and it does all of those tasks well. The Epsilon AK measures just 2.21 inches in length, but VG6 packed a lot of performance in that small package. The VG6 Epsilon AK leads the pack in this platform. VG6 muzzle devices are among the best on the market, regardless of caliber. Fortunately for us, VG6 Precision offers the Epsilon AK. When you want a really great AK muzzle brake you have a pretty small field compared to the AR guys.

If you’re an AK owner the trees get thinner pretty fast. There are so many muzzle devices on the market for tactical rifles that sometimes it’s hard to see the forest for the trees. 1x VG6 Precision EPSILON AK Muzzle Brake.Material: 17-4ph Heat Treated Stainless Steel.Indexing pin slot for standard AK47 muzzle device retention.2 stage muzzle brake to reduce the recoil effectively.

Unique upper slots for recoil compensation.

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