I believe most folks are using brakes on their 308 so that they can see their impact or maintain some sight picture after pulling the trigger, not so much as to reduce recoil.
I’m sort of new to shooting, so for a while there, I really had no idea what the difference between muzzle brakes, compensators and flash hiders were. I’d been shooting my AR with the standard A2 birdcage for a while, then my buddy let me try his AR and it felt completely different. The recoil on my AR never bothered me, I could shoot 3inch magnum slugs out of my 12.5in shotty all day and get a bit sore, but it wouldn’t be anything to moan about. But when I shot his AR, I was able to keep the red dot on target, or very close for a follow up shot and that was nice. I didn’t have trouble controlling recoil in my AR, but his was just that much easier with the brake on. With my scoped M14, I’d be looking at the next lane after a shot. The recoil didn’t bother me, but it would be nice to keep the sight picture on my own target instead of wondering if my round landed or not.
I’m going to throw a brake on mine as well, just to see if it will make a difference. I know they make a ton of noise for the lanes next to me, but it’s not like I’m blatting off thunder all day at the range, and I always ask my neighbors if they mind me letting off a few before I do it. The usual response is “it’s a *ucking gun range, make all the noise you want”. Besides, since we can’t have sound suppressors in Canada, may as well go the opposite way, haha!
Curseyou, I was wondering what you were shooting that came with a front BUIS blade sight on a muzzle brake? I’m really new to precision rifles and haven’t seen a lot of what’s out there.