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<blockquote data-quote="Swiftkill" data-source="post: 1449905" data-attributes="member: 104167"><p>I have to say, you will not make any friends with your hunting partners if you have a brake on your hunting gun. I have 6 muzzle brakes on various guns but they are all bench guns, varmint rifles or long range guns that I may shoot a couple hundred rounds through in a weekend. I put brakes on to mainly see my shots on squirrels and prairie dogs. I do have a light .300 win mag and I put a brake on it to see how it would work. It is very effective; shoots like a light .243. I was talking to someone at the range and forgot to reinsert my earplugs fully and shot that 300 win mag. Oh, My God, I think I lost a good portion of my hearing with that one shot. Anyway, I would not put on a brake on anything you plan to shoot once or twice and carry 99.9% of the time. You are spending too much time sighting in and the recoil is getting to you at the bench. Suck it up. Don't shoot that much with that gun. Practice with a lighter caliber. After getting sighted in you should be practicing from field positions and you will not nearly feel the recoil as much. The other thing you can do is shoot with the brake as much as you want and then unscrew the brake and put on a thread protector. And hunt without the brake. You'll probably have to tweak your point of impact with 2 or 3 more shots after removing the brake. If you shoot anything .243 and up you risk damaging your hearing. You might get away with a .223 for 1 or 2 shots, but even that is probably doing some damage. AR's generally have some type of muzzle device and the auto opens the action an d blast comes from there too; these are much louder than bolt guns. You should wear hearing protection as much as possible (all the time)!. I like electronic muffs these days. I can communicate with my son and it protects you from sunburns and it helps you hear noises like game in the woods. I've been in cold weather with them, maybe in the high 30's. Have not hunted with them below freezing. You'll have a balaclava and hood on maybe and that can help deaden the sound. You can put electronics over most head gear or under a parker hood if need be. If you really think you are going to jump an animal unexpectedly you might have to wear the muffs more often. You just need to get used to it or you'll need to get used to saying "What?" repeatedly to everyone you speak with. It is miserable watching a movie or TV and not hearing the enunciation of words. And mostly the wife gets ****ed off!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swiftkill, post: 1449905, member: 104167"] I have to say, you will not make any friends with your hunting partners if you have a brake on your hunting gun. I have 6 muzzle brakes on various guns but they are all bench guns, varmint rifles or long range guns that I may shoot a couple hundred rounds through in a weekend. I put brakes on to mainly see my shots on squirrels and prairie dogs. I do have a light .300 win mag and I put a brake on it to see how it would work. It is very effective; shoots like a light .243. I was talking to someone at the range and forgot to reinsert my earplugs fully and shot that 300 win mag. Oh, My God, I think I lost a good portion of my hearing with that one shot. Anyway, I would not put on a brake on anything you plan to shoot once or twice and carry 99.9% of the time. You are spending too much time sighting in and the recoil is getting to you at the bench. Suck it up. Don't shoot that much with that gun. Practice with a lighter caliber. After getting sighted in you should be practicing from field positions and you will not nearly feel the recoil as much. The other thing you can do is shoot with the brake as much as you want and then unscrew the brake and put on a thread protector. And hunt without the brake. You'll probably have to tweak your point of impact with 2 or 3 more shots after removing the brake. If you shoot anything .243 and up you risk damaging your hearing. You might get away with a .223 for 1 or 2 shots, but even that is probably doing some damage. AR's generally have some type of muzzle device and the auto opens the action an d blast comes from there too; these are much louder than bolt guns. You should wear hearing protection as much as possible (all the time)!. I like electronic muffs these days. I can communicate with my son and it protects you from sunburns and it helps you hear noises like game in the woods. I've been in cold weather with them, maybe in the high 30's. Have not hunted with them below freezing. You'll have a balaclava and hood on maybe and that can help deaden the sound. You can put electronics over most head gear or under a parker hood if need be. If you really think you are going to jump an animal unexpectedly you might have to wear the muffs more often. You just need to get used to it or you'll need to get used to saying "What?" repeatedly to everyone you speak with. It is miserable watching a movie or TV and not hearing the enunciation of words. And mostly the wife gets ****ed off! [/QUOTE]
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