The original thread has gone awol, so here's a copy of my insite brake review:
I finally got out today to do some testing on the new insite brake.
I ran the apa little bastard, the insite brake and bare muzzle.
Shooting for groups at 300 yards off the bench with an lra bipod and sap rear bag. Rifle is a 6xc in an aI ax chassis running 105 hybrids.
Started with the apa. Knew what to expect as it's been on the 6mm for some time now.
It just goes boom, little to no rearward recoil. Sights came off the point of aim by about 6-8" upwards. The downside to the apa is that it blinds me if I'm not using eye protection, as I wear contacts. There's enough blast coming straight back to shift my contacts on my eyeball. Also when shooting prone, or near shrubbery, it's like someone grabbing a handful of dirt and throwing it in your face/action. I've literally had an inch of dirt in the bottom of my ammo box from having it beside me while shooting prone. Also when shooting from the bench, as I was today, it'll tear up your data book or any other soft goods you have on the bench.
So the apa has outstanding recoil reduction, but does have a tiny bit of vertical hop on my setup, and is "blasty" as hell. You are very aware that you're running a brake.
The insite "heathen" was up next.
I'd say it's about 95% of the recoil reduction of the apa little bastard. Still much more effective than my surefire/lantac/Pws/grizzly brakes for raw recoil reduction. It was perfect on my setup for vertical and horizontal shift, I didn't see any movement from point of aim through the scope. Just bang, little bump, and I could watch the hole being printed. Pretty cool.
Biggest thing though was that I forgot I was running a brake after a few mags. My data book was still on the bench and not torn, my eyes were clear and not dried out.
It'll be interesting to try prone once it dries up out there. Judging by the lack of perceived blast I've got high expectations for not eating dirt with every shot fired.
Finally, the bare muzzle was actually the most revealing.
There was a bunch more recoil than I expected from a heavy 6mm, both brakes are obviously extremely effective. And most telling of all, from a blast perspective, it was the same as the insite brake.
I'm sure both brakes suck to sit beside, but one is much more pleasant to be behind, and gives up nothing in performance. My apa is for sale. Nicely done insite, I see these becoming very popular with the prs dudes.
I finally got out today to do some testing on the new insite brake.
I ran the apa little bastard, the insite brake and bare muzzle.
Shooting for groups at 300 yards off the bench with an lra bipod and sap rear bag. Rifle is a 6xc in an aI ax chassis running 105 hybrids.
Started with the apa. Knew what to expect as it's been on the 6mm for some time now.
It just goes boom, little to no rearward recoil. Sights came off the point of aim by about 6-8" upwards. The downside to the apa is that it blinds me if I'm not using eye protection, as I wear contacts. There's enough blast coming straight back to shift my contacts on my eyeball. Also when shooting prone, or near shrubbery, it's like someone grabbing a handful of dirt and throwing it in your face/action. I've literally had an inch of dirt in the bottom of my ammo box from having it beside me while shooting prone. Also when shooting from the bench, as I was today, it'll tear up your data book or any other soft goods you have on the bench.
So the apa has outstanding recoil reduction, but does have a tiny bit of vertical hop on my setup, and is "blasty" as hell. You are very aware that you're running a brake.
The insite "heathen" was up next.
I'd say it's about 95% of the recoil reduction of the apa little bastard. Still much more effective than my surefire/lantac/Pws/grizzly brakes for raw recoil reduction. It was perfect on my setup for vertical and horizontal shift, I didn't see any movement from point of aim through the scope. Just bang, little bump, and I could watch the hole being printed. Pretty cool.
Biggest thing though was that I forgot I was running a brake after a few mags. My data book was still on the bench and not torn, my eyes were clear and not dried out.
It'll be interesting to try prone once it dries up out there. Judging by the lack of perceived blast I've got high expectations for not eating dirt with every shot fired.
Finally, the bare muzzle was actually the most revealing.
There was a bunch more recoil than I expected from a heavy 6mm, both brakes are obviously extremely effective. And most telling of all, from a blast perspective, it was the same as the insite brake.
I'm sure both brakes suck to sit beside, but one is much more pleasant to be behind, and gives up nothing in performance. My apa is for sale. Nicely done insite, I see these becoming very popular with the prs dudes.
