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Does the 6.5PRC need a Muzzle Brake?
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<blockquote data-quote="MarshMello" data-source="post: 1801288" data-attributes="member: 67621"><p>I experimented with this. I shoot a 6.5 PRC, 9.5# all in. Area 419 break which you can remove and still offers protection for the barrel threads. Did my barrel break in half with and half without my brake. I will agree with recoil comments. Without brake..like a mild .270. with brake, recoil feels like a 6mm ( I own and shoot both). Can't shoot it all day without the break, I start feeling it. With it I shot 100 rounds throughout the day no issues. Away from the bench is another thing altogether. 2019 deer season I shot my 6.5PRC in a quick window of opportunity hunting situation with the brake on and didn't have my ears ear in. I regret it. Definately caused some permanent damage. Watched the impact 200 yards away from the kneeling position but not worth the cost. If I had to do it all over again I would forgo the break and go with a can. That's still not safe to shoot without ears but given real world situation, I would much rather deal with the report from the can then from the brake ever again in my life. My intention was to use my electronic ear inserts but I took them out at an inopportune time. My experience, as good as my intentions were, failed to account for that. I am aiming the for middle ground and getting a suppressor. I won't hunt with the brake on again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarshMello, post: 1801288, member: 67621"] I experimented with this. I shoot a 6.5 PRC, 9.5# all in. Area 419 break which you can remove and still offers protection for the barrel threads. Did my barrel break in half with and half without my brake. I will agree with recoil comments. Without brake..like a mild .270. with brake, recoil feels like a 6mm ( I own and shoot both). Can't shoot it all day without the break, I start feeling it. With it I shot 100 rounds throughout the day no issues. Away from the bench is another thing altogether. 2019 deer season I shot my 6.5PRC in a quick window of opportunity hunting situation with the brake on and didn't have my ears ear in. I regret it. Definately caused some permanent damage. Watched the impact 200 yards away from the kneeling position but not worth the cost. If I had to do it all over again I would forgo the break and go with a can. That's still not safe to shoot without ears but given real world situation, I would much rather deal with the report from the can then from the brake ever again in my life. My intention was to use my electronic ear inserts but I took them out at an inopportune time. My experience, as good as my intentions were, failed to account for that. I am aiming the for middle ground and getting a suppressor. I won't hunt with the brake on again. [/QUOTE]
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