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The Christensen Arms Side-Baffle is the brand's precision and tactical brake, and it earns that reputation with a smart port layout that does more than just look aggressive on the end of a barrel. Machined from titanium, it threads on at 5/8×24 and is built specifically for .30 caliber rifles running a .920 inch bull barrel. At roughly 1.6 ounces it barely adds any weight, which is a big deal on carbon-wrapped and backcountry builds where every ounce gets scrutinized.
The magic is in the split personality of this design. Four large side ports handle the bulk of the recoil reduction, redirecting gas out to the sides so the rifle pushes straight back into your shoulder instead of trying to climb. Those side ports also help limit the dust and debris that gets kicked up when you are shooting prone, which keeps your sight picture cleaner shot to shot. This baffle-style layout typically pulls more felt recoil than a traditional radial brake, though the tradeoff is more blast directed back toward you, so quality hearing protection is a must.
Up top you get four threaded ports that you can open or close with set screws to tune muzzle rise. Vent more gas upward and the muzzle stays flatter under recoil. Folks who run these have gotten good results filming their rifle in slow motion and adjusting ports until the muzzle recoils straight back with no flip, which makes spotting your own impacts through the scope a whole lot easier. It is a genuinely useful feature for anyone chasing repeatable, fast follow-up shots at distance.
Made in the USA, this is the same brake Christensen ships on rifles like the Modern Precision Rifle and ELR platforms, so you are getting factory-proven hardware for your own precision or hunting build.
This brake is threaded 5/8×24 and made for .30 caliber rifles with a .920 inch bull barrel diameter. It is the same brake Christensen ships on platforms like the Modern Precision Rifle and ELR, so it drops right onto those and any similarly threaded .30 cal or 7.62mm barrel. If you are unsure of your thread pitch or barrel diameter, measure before ordering.
The four top ports are opened or closed with set screws to control muzzle rise. Opening more ports vents gas upward, which pushes the muzzle down and keeps the rifle flatter under recoil. Many people fine-tune by filming their rifle in slow motion and adjusting ports until the muzzle recoils straight back rather than flipping up.
The titanium version weighs about 1.6 ounces compared to roughly 3.2 ounces for the stainless, so you save meaningful weight right at the muzzle. That matters most on lightweight and carbon-barreled backcountry builds where balance and total weight count. Performance between the two is the same, so it comes down to how much the weight savings means to you.
Yes, like any effective brake it increases the sound and concussion you feel behind the rifle. The angled side ports direct more blast back toward you than a radial brake does, which is the tradeoff for the extra recoil reduction. Solid hearing protection is essential, and if you shoot alongside others, position matters.
| UPC | 691328232633 |
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| Manufacturer Part Number | 8100001701 |
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| Thread Pattern | 5/8"x24 |
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