Indian Creek Design BFD

Indian Creek Design has taken the wraps off of their BFD or Blast Forward Device. The BFD represents a unique take on the concussion shield because of how it mounts to the host firearm via a threaded mounting collar that is installed on the barrel behind the muzzle device. This mounting system allows for quick installation/removal of the BFD and accepts a wide variety of existing muzzle breaks. It likely fits the muzzle brake you already have.

Check out the BFD at Indian Creek Design.

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From Indian Creek Design:

Say good-bye to muzzle brake side and back blast forever!

Nampa, Idaho, September 26, 2016 – No longer will your shooting partners, entry team members, or your wife and kids shrink back from your invitation to go shoot your muzzle brake equipped rifle. The creative minds at Indian Creek Design, Inc (ICD) have solved one of shooting’s annoying dilemmas, eliminating the side and back blast from an effective muzzle brake, with an ingenious device that will have everyone at ranges and along firing lines across this great nation enjoying their chosen pastime more and getting better training in.

Muzzle brakes work by providing ports for the rapidly moving and expanding gasses that propel a bullet to hit against as they exit the end of a firearm barrel, re-directing those gasses to the sides and often back at the shooter to control recoil and offer quicker follow up shots and to control the muzzle so the impact of your previously fired shots can be seen via your optics to assess accuracy. They are also the bane of Range Officers and other people on the firing line, as well as tactical entry team members, etc, due to the back blast associated with their use.

“Muzzle brakes have been around for generations and they are invaluable, especially in target and tactical situations,” says Gary Adams, a spokesperson for ICD, “but people get sick of the blast associated with using a muzzle brake. This has led to a rise in sales of flash cans and linear compensators which only channel gasses forward but do nothing for muzzle rise and recoil. There are a few companies that make a system that couples a specific flash can with a specific muzzle brake but these are relatively expensive and up until now there has been no option for a consumer or law enforcement agency to use whichever muzzle brake they prefer and also run a blast forwarding device with that brake to defeat the blast and noise.

We at ICD have undertaken the task of engineering and perfecting a simple and elegant blast forwarding device, the ICD BFD, that will fit on many rifles and that works in conjunction with virtually any muzzle brake the shooter wants to use. The BFD, which adds only 2.6 ounces to the rifle, is stunningly simple in design, but so very effective that it will literally change the way shooters look at muzzle brakes and shooting in general. It is absolutely amazing how effective it is.”

An added benefit in the BFD re-directing the muzzle blast is the re-direction of the ear drum shattering noise as well. Independent testing has proven that a muzzle brake causes up to a 10x increase in discharge sound level that hits the shooter and those in the surrounding area. The BFD corrals that damaging sound wave and sends it downrange. The perceived sound near the shooter is reduced dramatically. Despite this ability, the BFD is not an NFA controlled item, it is not a suppressor, and no special permissions are required to own or use it.

The ICD BFD is available for any rifle with 1/2″ threaded muzzle devices (AR variants, etc) and for 5/8″ threaded devices such as on AR-10’s, etc. The BFD was extensively tested on various caliber rifles, up to and including a 7mm Remington Magnum bolt action rifle, with excellent results. Finished in a matte black MilSpec Type III hardcoat, Mr. Adams feels that this will quickly become a must have for the casual or avid shooter who wants muzzle control and doesn’t want to feel or subject others to the punishing back blast, and also for tactical operations and Law Enforcement use where the brake blast can be detrimental to operational success and the safety of the personnel involved. Every Range Officer in the world will want these on every rifle, they are that effective.

Instead of spending a large amount of money for a proprietary device that handcuffs equipment choices, departments, agencies, and civilian shooters can now add a moderately priced (MSRP $79.95) piece of American made kit to their existing platform and get a lot more, or rather a lot less, “BANG for their buck”!

16 Responses to Indian Creek Design BFD

  1. Nik September 26, 2016 at 13:05 #

    Matt, now that blast shields are all the rage, are you aware of any recoil/muzzle movement testing for shielded vs unshielded brakes? I haven’t seen any testing myself and was curious as to how much effectiveness is lost.

    • Matt September 26, 2016 at 13:27 #

      Nik, I haven’t seen anything that goes in depth specifically on shielded brakes.

  2. Gary Adams September 26, 2016 at 15:04 #

    Nik,
    We ran very extensive testing, and while the recoil impulse on an AR is very subjective, a 7mm rem mag is pretty cut and dried, they kick like a mule. With a 4 port 0.75″ OD brake installed on the 7mag, shooting 160 grain Noslers, the recoil is reduced to being able to control the rifle one handed from the bench. With the BFD installed there was no delta, no perceived difference in recoil impulse after threading on the BFD tube. Granted this isn’t using instruments, but there are independent tests scheduled to verify the results more objectively. I fired over 25 shots that day, as well as another few hundred through the AR, and if it weren’t for the pictures and memories my tired old body was none the worse for wear. I don’t know if you’ve ever taken 25 shots with a 7 mag, but usually you know you’ve done it. 🙂

    Our latest review is telling too:
    I put the BFD I have on a couple of different rifles and the affect is the same; it takes the concussion away from the shooter. I didn’t get pics or video as it was more of a show it off type of thing. I put it on a 10.5” SBR at an indoor range and had the RO shoot it with and without the BFD. He said he wished all of the AR’s had them as it really put the noise away from the firing line.
    I paid for a 30 minute lane and ended up spending almost 2 hours there! I let folks know if anyone wanted to shoot with the BFD if they supplied the ammo then I’d let them shoot. All of the employees loved it as well as the people in the lanes next to me. The manager shot a mag through the 10.5” and another mag through the 7” too. Putting this on a 7” SBR with a Damage Industries 2 port brake there is no recoil and 90% of the noise goes away from them. I’m a BFD believer!- Dan V, Indiana

    • Nik September 27, 2016 at 17:46 #

      I appreciate the reply Gary and would definitely be interested in an independent test for reduction in effectiveness on shielded vs unshielded brakes. This of course goes way beyond your product (which I applaud the adaptable design of) and includes the entire crop of concussion shields that has sprung up over the last few years.

      Viewing footage from Dan Voils review of your product, the BFD does appear to exhibit increased recoil but of course the footage was not intended to evaluate recoil. It be extremely useful to understand how concussion shields affect the performance of the wide variety of brakes available on today’s market.

  3. Cymond September 26, 2016 at 20:13 #

    It’s about time somebody made a universal blast shield! Digging through their website, price if $80 for a complete BFS with extra mounts available, too.

    Unfortunately, I just bought a Damage Industries brake and blast diverter during their Labor Day sale for about $35 + S&H. Honestly, I bought it specifically as a cheap way to experiment with the whole blast diverter concept. Now I have 3 different brakes to test
    as well as the effect of the blast diverter with the DI brake. It I like the diverter, I may eventually buy a BFS.

    • Gary Adams September 27, 2016 at 10:09 #

      Cymond, the DI brake is a nice piece, post up how you like the diverter if you wouldn’t mind. At ICD we tried many of the items available but since that was very similar to the SD Tactical piece we didn’t grab one of those. Our intent was to be able to work with a very wide range, so ours naturally had to be a bit longer (to the rear, not in projection from actual muzzle) for accepting the various sized brakes. We’d love to hear how you like the DI diverter. Enjoy!

  4. tomcattch September 27, 2016 at 05:19 #

    Ok, that is damn nifty.

    Depending on the suppressor and the mount, it would be compatible with a can as well.

    The option to run suppressed or deflected is too damn cool.

  5. Brian Daniel Kelly September 27, 2016 at 05:40 #

    I had quite a few ICD paintball markers back in the day and all of them constantly had issues hopefully their actual firearms products are squared away.

    • Gary Adams September 27, 2016 at 10:03 #

      Hey Brian, what kind of issues? We still supply parts (o-rings and whatnot) but it seems many are still shooting faces. I know some folks didn’t like the HPR/LPR’s, but they do seem to work well, maybe they just needed to be seasoned, lol! Enjoy!

      • Brian Daniel Kelly September 27, 2016 at 18:54 #

        It was a long time ago they have since found new homes but I had a BKO and B2K that just didn’t seem to be able to work properly.

  6. Zack September 27, 2016 at 06:13 #

    In the video you posted the ar15 had no preceivable movement when shot without the blast shield thingy. Then you put the blast shield on and the muzzle was bouncing every shot.

    It seems to cancel out the benefit of the brake. What am I missing?

    • Gary Adams September 27, 2016 at 09:59 #

      Zack, great observation. The video was not meant to show anything other than the blast effect. had that been the purpose there would have been a firmer hold on the AR at that point. I add this because it was me in the video, and in retrospect I’d have killed two birds with one stone, but, I did not. The latest review kind of spells it out though, here it is:
      I put the BFD I have on a couple of different rifles and the affect is the same; it takes the concussion away from the shooter. I didn’t get pics or video as it was more of a show it off type of thing. I put it on a 10.5” SBR at an indoor range and had the RO shoot it with and without the BFD. He said he wished all of the AR’s had them as it really put the noise away from the firing line.
      I paid for a 30 minute lane and ended up spending almost 2 hours there! I let folks know if anyone wanted to shoot with the BFD if they supplied the ammo then I’d let them shoot. All of the employees loved it as well as the people in the lanes next to me. The manager shot a mag through the 10.5” and another mag through the 7” too. Putting this on a 7” SBR with a Damage Industries 2 port brake there is no recoil and 90% of the noise goes away from them. I’m a BFD believer!- Dan V, Indiana

    • Gary Adams September 27, 2016 at 10:00 #

      Zack, great observation. The video was not meant to show anything other than the blast effect. had that been the purpose there would have been a firmer hold on the AR at that point. I mention this because it was me in the video, and in retrospect I’d have killed two birds with one stone, but, I did not. The latest review kind of spells it out though, look up a few comments to a response to Nik for that review…

    • Matt September 27, 2016 at 18:39 #

      It is probably important to note that it should be expected that any of these shields will change the way the device they are shielding behaves. Muzzle devices are designed to vector gasses in very specific ways and these shields will interfere with that.

      Those gasses have to go somewhere and the blast shield only allows them to go forward. The equal and opposite reaction to that dictates that the rifle will move reward. I expect that most of these shields will behave similarly to a linear compensator which generally exhibit a slight increase in the rearward movement of the rifle and a slight reduction in muzzle rise.

      Of course they change the effectiveness of the muzzle brake that they are shielding. That just shows that it is working as a shield.

      • Gary Adams October 6, 2016 at 08:57 #

        Actually, while physics does always win, a rifle isn’t a rocket motor and the thrust isn’t constant. The confined gas burst going up the barrel in a linear fashion then caroms off the brake ports into the curved non-parallel side walls of the BFD tube while expanding into the higher volume area. This isn’t vectoring thrust, it is allowing an explosion to bleed pressure by providing area and re-direction after the specific impetus is lost. The proof is in the shooting.
        If those gasses were constant, such as with a rocket motor, what you say would be 100% accurate, but the BFD testing on the 7mm Remington mag clearly showed no reduction of the muzzle brakes effectiveness.. Try one, you’ll see and hear the results with your first shot! 🙂

  7. Gary Adams September 27, 2016 at 10:01 #

    oops, sorry for the double tap…

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