Muzzle brake-- yah or nah

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Well I'm finishing up details for my first build and can't decide if I should get a muzzle brake. There extremely loud and is a huge downside for me! But for target practice and even hunting its a huge bonus of the less recoil. It's going be going on a 300. Win mag. I currently shoot a light 300. Win mag factory without and have no issues, but been thinking about more precise shooting and everyone I talk to said the muzzle brake increased there accuracy cause they aren't thinking about recoil in the slightest.

Muzzle brake? Yah or nah!
 
Definitely a yah here. I just had one fitted to my 700 5R 300WM, reducing its recoil to a tad more than my 260, which in my books makes for less recoil anticipation and tighter groups.
 
I sure enjoy mine! Hunting or target! Of course hearing protection is a must! I shoot a 7RM and cuts recoil substantially. Using the Darrell holland brake.
 
Has anyone EVER felt the recoil when shooting at an animal? Just one shot, doubt that will be the same as multiple strings at the range.

You will NEVER see me wearing hearing protection hunting, using a brake on a hunting rifle it would be required.

You can't hear your surroundings which doesn't allow you to hear game animals but most importantly it does not allow you to hear approaching hunters.
 
"...muzzle brake increased there accuracy..." There, their, they're. Three different words. 'There' is a directional word.
A muzzle brake has nothing whatever to do with accuracy. The only help reduce the muzzle jump and felt recoil while increasing the muzzleblast and noise for the shooter and anybody near him/her.
 
I've got brakes on four rifles. Their purpose is to enable me to see the hits on long range plates and rocks and other things. Long range shooting gets boring in a hurry if you have to ask someone whether you hit or not. How long would you shoot gophers if you didn't know a hit from a miss? The brakes give me that on cartridges that are burning 80 to 130 grains of powder at a time. Sometimes those rifles go hunting.
 
Kelly Timoffee said:
You will NEVER see me wearing hearing protection hunting, using a brake on a hunting rifle it would be required.

You can't hear your surroundings which doesn't allow you to hear game animals but most importantly it does not allow you to hear approaching hunters.
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Starting a couple of years ago, you'll NEVER see me not wearing hearing protection while hunting with a centerfire!
My hearing protectors allow me to hear my surroundings better than with my un-aided ears!
 
sunray said:
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A muzzle brake has nothing whatever to do with accuracy. The only help reduce the muzzle jump and felt recoil while increasing the muzzle blast and noise for the shooter and anybody near him/her.
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My experience has been different than yours...

I won't argue a brake isn't louder to others, but shooting circumstances vary and not all brakes increase the sound level to the shooter, IF the shooter is out in the open and not under a roof or beside a building.

And a correctly installed brake may increase the accuracy level of that particular shooter... less recoil does often equate to better accuracy. I am not talking about making a bad barrel shoot better, I am talking about the shooter actually shooting better...

There are many thousands of hunters/varminters shooting braked rifles and they are quite happy with them.

There is no reason not to use the newer electronic ear muffs which actually allow you to hear better and the shooting noise is completely/safely blocked.
 
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