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Does a brake help tighten groups?
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 1511566" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>I have several APS Pain Killer brakes and they do work very well. However, I've learned a few things about brakes and timed-brakes along the way.</p><p>* Brakes with holes on top cause the barrel to radically flex downward in such a way that when viewed in slow motion you will want you to avoid them. Oddly enough, this does not seem to affect accuracy.</p><p>* Brakes that are timed, invariable get out of time and that is not easily remedied.</p><p>* Brakes that provide the highest percent of recoil reduction "usually" are accompanied with the highest percussion perceived by the shooter.</p><p>* All brakes are a royal PITA when hunting. And if you keep hearing protection handy while hunting, you will probably neglect to put them on/in when the shot opportunity presents itself. Ask me how I know.</p><p></p><p>The 30 Nosler is my personal limit in cartridge selection for hunting without a brake and I hate brakes for hunting.</p><p></p><p>As an aside: Never put your brake in a SS pin tumbler for cleaning. Even though the pins don't have much negative effect on brass, they wreak havoc on the SS threads in a brake. I seriously damaged two Pain Killer brakes that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 1511566, member: 313"] I have several APS Pain Killer brakes and they do work very well. However, I've learned a few things about brakes and timed-brakes along the way. * Brakes with holes on top cause the barrel to radically flex downward in such a way that when viewed in slow motion you will want you to avoid them. Oddly enough, this does not seem to affect accuracy. * Brakes that are timed, invariable get out of time and that is not easily remedied. * Brakes that provide the highest percent of recoil reduction "usually" are accompanied with the highest percussion perceived by the shooter. * All brakes are a royal PITA when hunting. And if you keep hearing protection handy while hunting, you will probably neglect to put them on/in when the shot opportunity presents itself. Ask me how I know. The 30 Nosler is my personal limit in cartridge selection for hunting without a brake and I hate brakes for hunting. As an aside: Never put your brake in a SS pin tumbler for cleaning. Even though the pins don't have much negative effect on brass, they wreak havoc on the SS threads in a brake. I seriously damaged two Pain Killer brakes that way. [/QUOTE]
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