Muzzle devices and their effect on POI?
Hey everybody! Decided to post this question as I read several references online on this particular subject in recent days and still "not in the clear" at the moment as far as what exactly happens when you put something on the end of your barrel. The question to me is both theoretical and practical since I have two rifles with threaded ends (Hog hunter and PC, both in .223) and am real itchy to screw something on 'em. As a matter of fact I went ahead and bought a couple of relatively inexpensive muzzle breaks but neither installed them, nor shot the rifles yet. The main question/confusion of mine is if what I have read is correct and that whatever protrudes past your perfectly cut crown;) is in fact deflecting the projectile somewhat and changes point of impact in compare to a bare crown then how do you compensate for it as the distance increases? This magnitude seems to be (to me at least) neither linear nor in any way predictable so how do you deal with something like that? Thanks in advance for your responses and time taken in reading this!