Braked Rifles... What are people using.

You're correct, you don't "own it", but the original question was "what brake", not "brake or no brake".

Stating your opinion and/or experience respectfully and with humility is fine, but stating that someone is outright mad, or that their idea is crazy, isn't fine, unless it's a safety issue.

The entire CGN community would be stronger if some members were a lot more helpful, and a lot less judgemental. We'd also be looked upon by the public in a more position be light if we didn't say things like "I try and be as loud as possible.... take up knitting...." A lot of us here have big brass b@lls, and are very intelligent, why the need to be rude about it??

-J.
 
M70-338 said:
I appreciate all the constructive replies, could have done without all the condescending BS replies though.
Thought it was pretty clear I was considering a brake with accuracy in mind, never claimed I couldn't tolerate a little recoil or shoot. I've had a 7 pound 7mm for years and can just get MOA with factory loads, and hoping to do a lot better with handloading. Just started handloading this year and thought perhaps adding a brake as well would truly realize this rifle's accuracy potential.



If this is true about the POI shift with the brake removed it will be a non-starter for me.

Thanks
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If accuracy is the key goal, then my previous post is even more relevant. I guess I am also assuming you're talking about an 85, because I am not sure if the 75 Finnlight stock has the same issues. The 85 Finnlight stock needs to have certain hollow areas filled in and the recoil lug system tinkered with to tighten the groups. That or a McMillan which seems to consistently fix the accuracy issues (surprise, surprise it has a different recoil lug system and is solid in the suspect areas the Finnlight stock is hollow). Search for Finnlight accuracy issues and you will find what I have read. The choice then becomes: for what you have already invested, is some further effort and/or $$$ worth making it perform like it should/could? No brainer to do one of the above.

The fellow's thread you will find on Alberta Outdoorsmen breaks down the recoil lug and excessively hollow stock remedy, if you want to consider modifying the internals of the factory stock. It did not look overly difficult. I was never the biggest fan of the factory stock and am replacing mine. I will PM you down the road to share the results if you are interested, but I am very optimistic from the consistent results I have read about. I see it as making the 85 Finnlight what it ought to have been from the factory, as it annoyed the heck out of me to have a gun like that not shoot how it could, despite still being acceptably consistent for reasonable hunting ranges and shots. The 85's with laminate and wood stocks do not have this issue and I almost wish I got a grey wolf to avoid this.

My biggest question is whether to order all black or some kind of darker slate grey or grey/black mix for the stock. 24 hour campfire has some good threads on Hunter vs. Classic and so on. GL!
 
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M70-338 said:
I appreciate all the constructive replies, could have done without all the condescending BS replies though.
Thought it was pretty clear I was considering a brake with accuracy in mind, never claimed I couldn't tolerate a little recoil or shoot. I've had a 7 pound 7mm for years and can just get MOA with factory loads, and hoping to do a lot better with handloading. Just started handloading this year and thought perhaps adding a brake as well would truly realize this rifle's accuracy potential.
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A brake won't make a rifle more accurate, except maybe by fluke in changing the barrel harmonics or improving on the crown, but they can adversely affect accuracy for the same reasons.
 
M70-338 said:
I'm considering adding a brake to my 7mm Finnlight. Thought about welded or clamp on but that would require me to always wearing hearing protection unless I remove the clamp on brake, which would take too much time in the field.
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are you having issues with accuracy and follow up shots without a brake? Do you need the magnum for the majority of the hunting you do?
This leads me to a threaded brake that can used at the range and can also be quickly installed if ideal long range opportunites present themselves while hunting.
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you would have a different POI with or without the brake, it my be a minor shift or it could be major.
I'd like to know what people are using and what works best. The designs and choices are overwhelming! Are some vastly superior to others? Enlighten me.
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I use a smaller caliber without a brake for my majority of hunting. But I do have some areas where I hunt long range, but I have flagged them and practiced shooting in those areas in varying weather conditions and positions for the better part of my whole life to be confident in my ability to make that long shot on an animal.
 
bearkilr said:
Why don't you trade him for his Finnlight then, if they're so versatile? ;)
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I still don't get what you're try to say. Am I not supposed to hunt with my rifles?

I know you can't hunt with restricted like ARs and pistols, but I haven't read anywhere that I'm prohibited from hunting with these.

I also didn't know that my rifles weren't for sporting use. Isn't shooting a sport?

And why would I want to trade rifles?
 
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