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Does the 6.5PRC need a Muzzle Brake?
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<blockquote data-quote="WahooYahoo" data-source="post: 1801268" data-attributes="member: 94632"><p>I loathed brakes for many years. I hated when I went to the range with determination to do some meaningful load development or dial in a new piece of glass and have to contend with the barrage from someones brake.</p><p>Then I got one. I bought a 90 degree discharging brake (Live Oak Precision) and most of the painful attributes are mitigated for the people near me and none of the flying dirt, muzzle blast and concussion associated with brakes is noticed by the shooter. That awful, piercing blast is directed laterally, not backward to the shooter or at some perpendicular angle near the shooter, like into your spotters face.</p><p></p><p>The reduction in recoil is real and very noticeable. The ability to spot your hits is PRICELESS and no matter what caliber you shoot, no matter how heavy your rifle, or how bad you are, even if you have custom, fingerless, leather gloves and a brand new tattoo of skulls and fire with talons and wings of barbed wire that runs plumb to yer fangertips... a brake improves recoil management because felt recoil is decreased by literally half or more, which is way way more impressive than that silly tattoo.</p><p>The caveat is, as has been mentioned many times, wear hearing protection, always, even if you don't have a brake. If I hunted only, or mostly, in dense woods, I would forego the brake as recoil management is not an issue at close range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WahooYahoo, post: 1801268, member: 94632"] I loathed brakes for many years. I hated when I went to the range with determination to do some meaningful load development or dial in a new piece of glass and have to contend with the barrage from someones brake. Then I got one. I bought a 90 degree discharging brake (Live Oak Precision) and most of the painful attributes are mitigated for the people near me and none of the flying dirt, muzzle blast and concussion associated with brakes is noticed by the shooter. That awful, piercing blast is directed laterally, not backward to the shooter or at some perpendicular angle near the shooter, like into your spotters face. The reduction in recoil is real and very noticeable. The ability to spot your hits is PRICELESS and no matter what caliber you shoot, no matter how heavy your rifle, or how bad you are, even if you have custom, fingerless, leather gloves and a brand new tattoo of skulls and fire with talons and wings of barbed wire that runs plumb to yer fangertips... a brake improves recoil management because felt recoil is decreased by literally half or more, which is way way more impressive than that silly tattoo. The caveat is, as has been mentioned many times, wear hearing protection, always, even if you don't have a brake. If I hunted only, or mostly, in dense woods, I would forego the brake as recoil management is not an issue at close range. [/QUOTE]
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