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<blockquote data-quote="Old teacher" data-source="post: 714441" data-attributes="member: 48420"><p>Thanks for the sympathy. I logged in, spent a half hour typing a reply to your question, and then when I went to post it, I was told that I was not logged in and the message was gone. I will not try to duplicate the reply. But, here is a short version. The Benchmark brake is slightly larger and heavier that the Vais, but not enough to matter. Instead of many little holes like the Vais and the brake that comes on the Weatherby Mark 5, The Benchmark has six, three per side, large slots that direct gases back and out at a slight angle, plus two holes directly in the front of the brake. I think it works better simply because it vents so much more gas backward than a Vais does. But it comes with a price. It is very LOUD. You need to have good ear protection and if you are at a range, you need to warn other shooters and you need to visually check to make sure that other shooters have their headgear on. But the reduction in recoil is well worth the increase in noise. The vais is a great brake; I have seven of them, but I will use the Benchmark's from now on. I hate recoil, and after shooting for 55 years, I will do whatever I have to do to make my guns shoot softer. My favorite rifle, a Sendero 300 Win mag, has a Vais on it, and you can literally see the bullet hit the target it shoots so softly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old teacher, post: 714441, member: 48420"] Thanks for the sympathy. I logged in, spent a half hour typing a reply to your question, and then when I went to post it, I was told that I was not logged in and the message was gone. I will not try to duplicate the reply. But, here is a short version. The Benchmark brake is slightly larger and heavier that the Vais, but not enough to matter. Instead of many little holes like the Vais and the brake that comes on the Weatherby Mark 5, The Benchmark has six, three per side, large slots that direct gases back and out at a slight angle, plus two holes directly in the front of the brake. I think it works better simply because it vents so much more gas backward than a Vais does. But it comes with a price. It is very LOUD. You need to have good ear protection and if you are at a range, you need to warn other shooters and you need to visually check to make sure that other shooters have their headgear on. But the reduction in recoil is well worth the increase in noise. The vais is a great brake; I have seven of them, but I will use the Benchmark's from now on. I hate recoil, and after shooting for 55 years, I will do whatever I have to do to make my guns shoot softer. My favorite rifle, a Sendero 300 Win mag, has a Vais on it, and you can literally see the bullet hit the target it shoots so softly. [/QUOTE]
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