My LMT has no brake and no thread for a brake on the barrel. Minus the cost of the brake, what would it cost to have the barrel threaded and the brake installed/pinned?

 

And, what are the downsides of adding a muzzle brake?

 

Thanks in advance...

First is the question why you need a brake? What is the contour of the barrel? If you have a heavy barrel and you are absolutely sure you need a brake I would consider Magna-Port. They cut ports right into the barrel with EMD.

 

You get discounts from NRA and ask about others discounts as well.

 

http://www.magnaport.com/

Downside of a brake........louder noise

No contour. And I'm not sure I need a brake, just considering it. I'm not even sure I want to do anything to risk how accurate this thing is either.

Picture's below.

 

That's a beautiful rifle. And if it's shooting well I wouldn't touch it.

I recently sent the upper from my Colt MT6400R to Adco to have the barrel threaded, and a muzzle brake pinned/welded.

The cost was $145. This included disassemble/reassemble the upper, threading the barrel, and pin/weld.

Turnaround was 6 days door to door.

Adco does outstanding work, and I highly recommend them.

Thanks for all the advice! Old School is probably right, I'll leave this one alone but the pricing info will be valuable when I build my next AR.

Thanks for all the advice! Old School is probably right, I'll leave this one alone but the pricing info will be valuable when I build my next AR.

 

It's a heavy barrel rifle and doesn't jump around. Good decision.

One of a couple of considerations I had when I chose to install a brake on my AR's is to protect the muzzle crown from damage.

 

 

One of a couple of considerations I had when I chose to install a brake on my AR's is to protect the muzzle crown from damage.

 

Personally I don't consider this a valid concern,

Validity of that concern may vary depending on your usage.Personally, my rifles are working rifles. No safe queens or range toys.

Meaning, they spend a lot of time on my ranch in Tx. We beat them in and out of pickup trucks, and generally abused.

My father badly nicked a crown on a bolt action rifle a few years ago when he dropped it muzzle down whe exiting the truck.

After that, I decided that all my AR's will wear a muzzle device, if for no other reason than to protect the crown.

If i may suggest an alternate, visit Kahntrol Solutions we manufacture custom AFFORDABLE clamp on muzzle brakes!