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<blockquote data-quote="Orange Dust" data-source="post: 1529982" data-attributes="member: 92702"><p>Only three advantages I can think of is: 1) You can spot your own shots at shorter distances. 2) you can stand to shoot a lighter rifle in a given caliber. Only #1 seems to be much of an advantage in anything less than a .300Mag. I shot an unbraked 8MM mag wildcat for years in about an 8# rifle. Didn't know any different, and always said the thing killed on one end and wounded on the other. 210gr bullets @3200 kick in a rifle like that and take a lot of practice to shoot without flinching. Impossible to spot your shots at any sane range, but it never seemed to matter. Whatever I shot with it would be laying there when I recovered. This rifle would have been much more fun with a brake. 3)They have been a godsend for my girls. Allows them to shoot a bigger gun than they would be able to otherwise, cuts down on my hunting after they shoot. </p><p>Disadvantage: Blast, noise, dust signature shooting prone, and even sitting with a radial brake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Dust, post: 1529982, member: 92702"] Only three advantages I can think of is: 1) You can spot your own shots at shorter distances. 2) you can stand to shoot a lighter rifle in a given caliber. Only #1 seems to be much of an advantage in anything less than a .300Mag. I shot an unbraked 8MM mag wildcat for years in about an 8# rifle. Didn't know any different, and always said the thing killed on one end and wounded on the other. 210gr bullets @3200 kick in a rifle like that and take a lot of practice to shoot without flinching. Impossible to spot your shots at any sane range, but it never seemed to matter. Whatever I shot with it would be laying there when I recovered. This rifle would have been much more fun with a brake. 3)They have been a godsend for my girls. Allows them to shoot a bigger gun than they would be able to otherwise, cuts down on my hunting after they shoot. Disadvantage: Blast, noise, dust signature shooting prone, and even sitting with a radial brake. [/QUOTE]
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