Tuner brakes…

[heat_and_fam]

I must have been living under a rock. But my buddy just told me he loads for whatever speed he wants (say for barrel life/recoil) and runes his load with a timer brake. Makes sense I guess, by changing the weight on the end of the barrel it would allow harmonics to be adjusted to provide an accuracy mode at whatever speed you wanted, within reason.

Are these growing pretty popular? Worth checking out? I do find load development fun during the offseason, and I also prefer a suppressor, so I probably won't be buying one, just curious people's thoughts on them.

 

[Taylorbok]

It's a bit unproven. Tons of people who claim they work and tons who say they don't. You can put a tuner on behind your can if you wanted to try it.

 

[heat_and_fam]

It's a bit unproven. Tons of people who claim they work and tons who say they don't. You can put a tuner on behind your can if you wanted to try it.

Given the time. I'd prefer to find the node and then add power as required to stay in it. I can see it being a useful tool though when in a hurry or say for PRS/NRL type folks who don't have the time to sit and tinker. I can see having a need for one though. Maybe you need a last minute build for a hunt and aren't able to get everything done in time to work up a load…I'd certainly give one a try in that scenario. They seem like a neat idea though, overall.

 

[Taylorbok]

Given the time. I'd prefer to find the node and then add power as required to stay in it. I can see it being a useful tool though when in a hurry or say for PRS/NRL type folks who don't have the time to sit and tinker. I can see having a need for one though. Maybe you need a last minute build for a hunt and aren't able to get everything done in time to work up a load…I'd certainly give one a try in that scenario. They seem like a neat idea though, overall.

IMO it's not a replacement for load development, its a supplement. Do a full load workup and then try and use the tuner to make the group even smaller. Worst case you end up with the tuner at Zero, where you started with load dev. The other benefit is for people who shoot matches, if the load falls out of tune and you have a little bit of time to test or sighters you may be able to quickly bring it back into tune with a bit of movement on the tuner.

 

[jjmp]

Well the Browning boss worked very good ,just a cheaper example,but your talking about the expsive ones like Erick C 's

 

[Eric H]

That takes the fun out of reloading.

 

[GLTaylor]

The other use is of you shoot factory ammo. You can find which brand your rifle prefers, then fine tune for best possible grouping.

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

It's a bit unproven. Tons of people who claim they work and tons who say they don't. You can put a tuner on behind your can if you wanted to try it.

Shooters that use Factory Ammo could benefit from a "Tuner" because they can't change the load to fit the barrel.
If you are a reloader you can "Tune" your load a lot of different ways and don't need to mess with a Tuner.

Given the time. I'd prefer to find the node and then add power as required to stay in it. I can see it being a useful tool though when in a hurry or say for PRS/NRL type folks who don't have the time to sit and tinker. I can see having a need for one though. Maybe you need a last minute build for a hunt and aren't able to get everything done in time to work up a load…I'd certainly give one a try in that scenario. They seem like a neat idea though, overall.

Everyone that I know shooting competition makes the time to develop an accurate load.
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[heat_and_fam]

Shooters that use Factory Ammo could benefit from a "Tuner" because they can't change the load to fit the barrel.
If you are a reloader you can "Tune" your load a lot of different ways and don't need to mess with a Tuner.

Everyone that I know shooting competition makes the time to develop an accurate load.
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Ask stated above, the comp shooter that mentioned a tuner brake to me does not do load dev. But it's PRS/NRL, don't exactly need bugholes to win.

 

[heat_and_fam]

Well the Browning boss worked very good ,just a cheaper example,but your talking about the expsive ones like Erick C 's

I had a boss way back in the day, late 90's maybe. I didn't understand it back then, just thought it was a brake. Hadn't taken game over 200 yards growing up either, so no real need for it.

 

[jjmp]

My cousin has on on his older abolt 2 in 22-250 it out shot my 220 swift with my best reloads by 1/2 of one bullet,my reloads with his 22-250 also and out shot a new Remington vs 220 swift with a heavy factory bbl , but it was broken in the bbl that is , so I know it work's good to great cheers.

 

[BillLarson]

They work.Are a benefit.
National Short range matches allow tuners...

 

[Pdyson]

Tuners have been around a long time and they absolutely do work. They are on at least 90% of the competition 22 riles I've seen and their use is growing. I have one on everyone of my competition rifles and I have tuner brakes where the rules allow. I hunt suppressed but I have used a tuner during initial load development to quickly uncover potential accuracy of a bullet/powder combo and save a little on components. No, you can't make a bad load good, but you can make most any load shoot better. In my experience, I can match the tuning results I get with traditional seating depth adjustments. Especially in guns with long throats or magazine length limitations like ARs.

 

[TRG65]

I'm currently using several and have used them on prior set-ups also. I've only had two barrel set-ups where I couldn't get a tune. On one of the two that I couldn't get it to work, it had worked fine for several years with one muzzle device, but then I switched to be able to use a suppressor and I couldn't get it to work after that. I use the Kinetic security solution Adaptive Tuning System, so that I can run whatever muzzle device I want. The only rifle I didn't try it at all was on my "carbon" build, as the tuner would add about 8 ounces. I like them for most rifles.