In follow up on Johno I tested both twopiece and zigzag brakes tonight on the range.
I fired in three conditions;
- Without any muzzlebrake whatsoever
- With the Bulgarian two piece brake
- And with the EG zigzag brake
Weapon is a Bulgaria arsenal AKS74 in 5,45 mm. Ammo used Barnaul 60gr FMJ.
Without the muzzlebrake felt recoil was comparable to a 20" AR15. Muzzle rise when firing 5 rounds in rapid succession was as expected.
The twopiece brake cut felt recoil and muzzlerise back to half when I fire the weapon without brake...there is however a noticable increase in blast noise when compared to shooting without a muzzlebrake
EG zigzag brake, recoil reduction and muzzle rise reduction as to be expected from this type of brake. I felt some difference when compared to the twopiece brake. Also, and this has been noted before, I felt it did do a better job at directing noise away from the shooter.
I can't say one is better the other, both versions do their jobs as they should. The EG zigzag brake seems to do a slightly better job at directing noise away from the shooter. The way the bridge at the frontend is made contributes to this I think. All in all I found the EG brake doing it's job a bit better than the twopiece.
