I recently took my new Insite Arms Heathen brake out for a what I call a mini test as I was limited to time and ammo, and to be honest a test on my end would be a month long to cover almost every application I would be using it in, but for now this is a quick review and will build on it as time goes on.
Rifle- PGW Coyote 308 (one of my daily shooters) 24" 1:10
Load- 175gr Bergers/ 2847fps
Installation- pretty much as easy as it gets...thread the ring all the way into the brake then tread onto the barrel till end of threads then back it off to the desired position and then lightly tighten the knurled ring...now for the finer tuning level the rifle to your level preference off a rail or scope ( I use off my retical) and then place a magnetic level on the bottom side of the brake where it is indexed and then line up the levels to match and then tighten the knurled ring....to help keep level on the brake I used a carpenters pencil ( use wood or plastic NO METAL) to slide into the first port of the brake to easily turn it one way or the other if I needed to then just tighten the knurled ring....and you don't need to reef as hard as you can on it to tighten it, nice even steady pressure is plenty, use your own discretion. Total time to do this took 2-3 mins.
Range test- as I mentioned I used one of my daily drivers that I have used in every application i can think of so I know the system very well with brakes on and off... First I rezeroed my rifle at 100m as two different waited brakes Will throw off my zero... Secondly I shot a five shot group to get the feel of the unit Under my normal shooting routine, The reason I did this was to see how it would group as different breaks don't always allow rifles to group the same , The outcome being a five shot group at 0.2" group which is what my average group size is for this load (usually 0.2"-0.3").... Then I reached up and check the tightness of the break as it did not move at all... I tried different positions mostly in the prone position but I would Change the tightness of my rear bag from regular grip to a lighter grip to see what differences I would have in my tracking and the out come was the same nice and straight back with no muzzle lift and I was able to keep my sight picture almost perfect, and with no interruption of smoke or gasses in my picture as well. I found quite a difference between my regular break that I had ran and the heathen brake, with my regular break that I had on it if I was a little bit off on my recoil management I would experience side jump to a noticeable degree and with the Heathen it was minimal to no existent as I could still keep a proper sight picture.
This was just an introductory test on this unit as we will in the next month put more testing into it as far as shooter spotter position and a lot of your regular and irregular positions you may encounter along the way, I will be using my two daily drivers being the 308 and my 6xc. I will be giving an unbiased test on this only to be fair for all of us, if there is any test you would like to have done for your own knowledge just PM me and we can go from there.
As for the mini test I am really happy with this brake so far as it has done and surpassed some of my expectations already and will be excited to see what is to come in later testing, as well as feed back from my other shooters on their testing as well.... I will post a small video on Insite Arms Facebook page it is just a 3 shot group shooting prone just to give you an idea of how it performs, just keep in mind my 308 is running a a hot load 175gr Berger so it does have a good amount of recoil for a 308.
Rifle- PGW Coyote 308 (one of my daily shooters) 24" 1:10
Load- 175gr Bergers/ 2847fps
Installation- pretty much as easy as it gets...thread the ring all the way into the brake then tread onto the barrel till end of threads then back it off to the desired position and then lightly tighten the knurled ring...now for the finer tuning level the rifle to your level preference off a rail or scope ( I use off my retical) and then place a magnetic level on the bottom side of the brake where it is indexed and then line up the levels to match and then tighten the knurled ring....to help keep level on the brake I used a carpenters pencil ( use wood or plastic NO METAL) to slide into the first port of the brake to easily turn it one way or the other if I needed to then just tighten the knurled ring....and you don't need to reef as hard as you can on it to tighten it, nice even steady pressure is plenty, use your own discretion. Total time to do this took 2-3 mins.
Range test- as I mentioned I used one of my daily drivers that I have used in every application i can think of so I know the system very well with brakes on and off... First I rezeroed my rifle at 100m as two different waited brakes Will throw off my zero... Secondly I shot a five shot group to get the feel of the unit Under my normal shooting routine, The reason I did this was to see how it would group as different breaks don't always allow rifles to group the same , The outcome being a five shot group at 0.2" group which is what my average group size is for this load (usually 0.2"-0.3").... Then I reached up and check the tightness of the break as it did not move at all... I tried different positions mostly in the prone position but I would Change the tightness of my rear bag from regular grip to a lighter grip to see what differences I would have in my tracking and the out come was the same nice and straight back with no muzzle lift and I was able to keep my sight picture almost perfect, and with no interruption of smoke or gasses in my picture as well. I found quite a difference between my regular break that I had ran and the heathen brake, with my regular break that I had on it if I was a little bit off on my recoil management I would experience side jump to a noticeable degree and with the Heathen it was minimal to no existent as I could still keep a proper sight picture.
This was just an introductory test on this unit as we will in the next month put more testing into it as far as shooter spotter position and a lot of your regular and irregular positions you may encounter along the way, I will be using my two daily drivers being the 308 and my 6xc. I will be giving an unbiased test on this only to be fair for all of us, if there is any test you would like to have done for your own knowledge just PM me and we can go from there.
As for the mini test I am really happy with this brake so far as it has done and surpassed some of my expectations already and will be excited to see what is to come in later testing, as well as feed back from my other shooters on their testing as well.... I will post a small video on Insite Arms Facebook page it is just a 3 shot group shooting prone just to give you an idea of how it performs, just keep in mind my 308 is running a a hot load 175gr Berger so it does have a good amount of recoil for a 308.
