Noticeable recoil reduction - Jacob Grey Firearms Cobra Billet Muzzle Brake

TLDR: It does what it is supposed to do, it does it well and it does it for the right price.

I picked this up looking for something for a .30 caliber style pistol. Unfortunately, OP shipped me the straight one rather than the angled one, but the porting and chambering is the same so there isn't much difference functionally. Note that this will work on ANY rifle with a 5/8x24 threading pattern, not just your AR platform rifles (think Savage Precision 110 or Ruger Precision Rifle, etc...).

There are a few things I'll spell out quick - a muzzle brake's purpose is only to reduce recoil. It doesn't make it quieter, it doesn't shift sound direction elsewhere (at least not intentionally) and it doesn't compensate for muzzle rise. It may do those things unintentionally, but that's not it's primary purpose - the primary purpose is specifically reducing recoil, and therefore, things that may seem like a "con" aren't really a "con", just a side effect of reducing recoil.

With that in mind, this brake does a good job reducing recoil, noticeably. I'd say it's on par with some of the higher end brakes out there. It's bulky and bigger than it looks and I think the larger the caliber, the more recoil this reduces. This definitely keeps your barrel on point and follow up shots feel really light and good.

So on to what could be construed as negatives (again, they are not negatives, just a side effect of reducing recoil). It's very loud; there is a concussion if you're standing next to it when it's fired - a nice thump in the chest. It does seem to direct most of that sound / pressure to the east / west and not back to the shooter; I wasn't aware how loud it was personally. It does have porting at the front, which also will direct some sound and pressure downrange.

The only thing that I think could effectively make this any better is some porting on the top of the brake. They've flattened it out and milled some designs in to it, but I think tossing a port in the last and middle chamber would probably make this an effective compensator as well (by using the force of gasses to push the barrel back down, thereby compensating for muzzle rise). This is being very nit-picky and perhaps potentially even overthinking / over-engineering this product.