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300 PRC or 338 Lapua for bigger animals?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rifleman97" data-source="post: 2558523" data-attributes="member: 103996"><p>Recoil is still an "issue" with a brake; it's just lessened. A braked prc will kick less than a braked lapua.</p><p></p><p>And brakes don't give you a free lunch, even with hearing protection, it's noticeably and significantly louder shooting a braked magnum than a non braked, especially if you're not the shooter and are the spotter seated to the side of the shooter, where most of the sound gets directed from a brake. If you only hunt by yourself it's not as big of an issue, but my ears are my money makers, I work on pianos for a living. If my ears get damaged I'm out a lot of luck for a lot of my job. </p><p></p><p>All that doesn't stop me from wanting a lapua based gun, I'm slowly acquiring parts for a 300 terminator as we speak (with various home improvements delaying the process) but still it's something to think about for the people that recoil does matter for, and the biggest downside to lapua, even above recoil and noise; is weight. If you cut down on that then you amplify the recoil. Have to choose one or the other, for me, I chose adding recoil to save weight</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rifleman97, post: 2558523, member: 103996"] Recoil is still an “issue” with a brake; it’s just lessened. A braked prc will kick less than a braked lapua. And brakes don’t give you a free lunch, even with hearing protection, it’s noticeably and significantly louder shooting a braked magnum than a non braked, especially if you’re not the shooter and are the spotter seated to the side of the shooter, where most of the sound gets directed from a brake. If you only hunt by yourself it’s not as big of an issue, but my ears are my money makers, I work on pianos for a living. If my ears get damaged I’m out a lot of luck for a lot of my job. All that doesn’t stop me from wanting a lapua based gun, I’m slowly acquiring parts for a 300 terminator as we speak (with various home improvements delaying the process) but still it’s something to think about for the people that recoil does matter for, and the biggest downside to lapua, even above recoil and noise; is weight. If you cut down on that then you amplify the recoil. Have to choose one or the other, for me, I chose adding recoil to save weight [/QUOTE]
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