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Kimber 8400 in WSM
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<blockquote data-quote="dimecovers3" data-source="post: 60895" data-attributes="member: 3216"><p>Recoil is not what bothers me so much as muzzle blast and I am under the impression that a rifle with a muzzle break on a 22-24 inch barrel is going to be quite harsh without hearing protection in a hunting situation. I know from experience that the guys that had their overunder 12 gauges ported are not welcome in duck blinds with the guys I hunt with and the dogs really hate it. The side blast is really bad on your partner or dog. I had a Thompson Contender pistol (12 inch bull barrel) that shot a 120 grain balistic tip at about 2700 fps and that thing required plugs and muffs that cut off (it did do a number on deer out to 260 yards!). I worry (maybe needlessly) that my hearing would be effected by a muzzle break even if it is only a dozen shots a year unprotected. I do not want to wear muffs to hunt. I find the trade off just not worth it if you are not shooting a short barrel or a really hot round. I can tolerate a 130 grain .270 without ear protection hunting. I do not know that I could tolerate it with a muzzle break----might just be too much. Maybe I am under the false assumption that to lesson recoil always ends up increasing db's to the shooter. Does the break you use decrease recoil without increasing noise?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dimecovers3, post: 60895, member: 3216"] Recoil is not what bothers me so much as muzzle blast and I am under the impression that a rifle with a muzzle break on a 22-24 inch barrel is going to be quite harsh without hearing protection in a hunting situation. I know from experience that the guys that had their overunder 12 gauges ported are not welcome in duck blinds with the guys I hunt with and the dogs really hate it. The side blast is really bad on your partner or dog. I had a Thompson Contender pistol (12 inch bull barrel) that shot a 120 grain balistic tip at about 2700 fps and that thing required plugs and muffs that cut off (it did do a number on deer out to 260 yards!). I worry (maybe needlessly) that my hearing would be effected by a muzzle break even if it is only a dozen shots a year unprotected. I do not want to wear muffs to hunt. I find the trade off just not worth it if you are not shooting a short barrel or a really hot round. I can tolerate a 130 grain .270 without ear protection hunting. I do not know that I could tolerate it with a muzzle break----might just be too much. Maybe I am under the false assumption that to lesson recoil always ends up increasing db's to the shooter. Does the break you use decrease recoil without increasing noise? [/QUOTE]
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