I/my wife have a few of the 300 rums in the model 700 with the tupperware stocks. i shoot two of them, and then my dad, father in law and nephew also have one of them each. I bought them for possible future donor actions so my original intention was to just leave them. however, my dad put a defensive edge brake on his and wow what a difference it makes. i have used mine only a couple of times for hunting, and shooting steel and its a good shooter, but not nearly as fun to shoot. since then we have braked a couple more of them and i will brake the other one of mine that i shoot. for hunting, I dont think you or i would notice the recoil to be a problem, but we shoot alot of steel, and the braked version gets all the action. In the last two years, i have converted to absolutely loving Defensive edge brakes! these are the only ones i have ever used, so i cannot speak for any of the others. If you are going to use it for long range, my opinion is to brake it and i believe you will or could shoot the barrel out of it. if it is not braked you could still love it, but i would bet you wouldnt love to shoot it alot.
good luck.