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Muzzle brake question
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1245336" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Actually, with the brakes I'm looking at (painkiller, apa little bastard, and a couple other side slot brakes) people are claiming spotting their shots at 200 yards and farther with similar weight 300 win mag and similar cartridges. Whether those claims are accurate or not I do not know, as I am not doing it myself, but that is not my goal anyway. My goal is to simply not hurt when I shoot, and be able to comfortably shoot prone. </p><p></p><p>And again, I do NOT want a brake that vents towards the ground, I don't like sand in my eyes. 95% of my shooting is on the ground, in really disty or sandy dirt, with the muzzle less than 18 inches from the dirt, and every radial type brake I have seen will blow up dirt when you shoot it. We had a .308 HK G3 that had a radial type brake, and it was horrible, so bad that we tapped the bottom holes and screwed stud screws in to plug the bottom 3 holes. And if I have a head wind or even a side wind, which I normally do, and average is probably 10-15 mph, then it would be even worse. With side port brakes, they will more than likely be louder for shooter and spotter, yes, but I don't really care. I always wear ear protection when shooting, even in hunting scenarios, unless I'm pushing timber, which in that case I have different rifles I use for timber, a compact .308 or a 98 mauser in 8mm-06.</p><p></p><p>The Vais brake is an excellent brake, I'm confident from reading independent reviews about them, they reduce recoil very well and aren't near as loud as most brakes. Though there are several that do a better job at reducing recoil, none others do as good of a job at not increasing the rifles report for the shooter. But, they just aren't what I'm looking for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1245336, member: 87243"] Actually, with the brakes I'm looking at (painkiller, apa little bastard, and a couple other side slot brakes) people are claiming spotting their shots at 200 yards and farther with similar weight 300 win mag and similar cartridges. Whether those claims are accurate or not I do not know, as I am not doing it myself, but that is not my goal anyway. My goal is to simply not hurt when I shoot, and be able to comfortably shoot prone. And again, I do NOT want a brake that vents towards the ground, I don't like sand in my eyes. 95% of my shooting is on the ground, in really disty or sandy dirt, with the muzzle less than 18 inches from the dirt, and every radial type brake I have seen will blow up dirt when you shoot it. We had a .308 HK G3 that had a radial type brake, and it was horrible, so bad that we tapped the bottom holes and screwed stud screws in to plug the bottom 3 holes. And if I have a head wind or even a side wind, which I normally do, and average is probably 10-15 mph, then it would be even worse. With side port brakes, they will more than likely be louder for shooter and spotter, yes, but I don't really care. I always wear ear protection when shooting, even in hunting scenarios, unless I'm pushing timber, which in that case I have different rifles I use for timber, a compact .308 or a 98 mauser in 8mm-06. The Vais brake is an excellent brake, I'm confident from reading independent reviews about them, they reduce recoil very well and aren't near as loud as most brakes. Though there are several that do a better job at reducing recoil, none others do as good of a job at not increasing the rifles report for the shooter. But, they just aren't what I'm looking for. [/QUOTE]
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