7mm mag with muzzle brake

[Bob33]

Best advice: pick a caliber you can shoot without a brake. 

[dscubame]

Once you go brake you'll never go back.  Limbsaver and a brake and your shooting experience and accuracy will benefit greatly.  That is the best advice.

[KillBilly]

Once you go brake you'll never go back.  Limbsaver and a brake and your shooting experience and accuracy will benefit greatly.  That is the best advice.

[KillBilly]

One more comment on Brakes. My experience with brakes is that as long as I am behind the muzzle, I don't hear anymore noise than pre-brake. What I do know is that folks standing off to the side of a brake have complained of increased noise. I personally don't agree with increased noise as long as I am the shooter.  (could be the way my brakes were made)

[dscubame]

Killbilly I was just thinking of posting the same opinion.  I shoot a 30-378 with a brake and the loudness by the shooter is no different than my 30-06 but standing to the side of the 30-378 you will want to double up on the ear protection.

[high country]

Bark a vias from the prone in the field sometime without glasses and plugs. Once is enough.

[deerslyr]

Bark a vias from the prone in the field sometime without glasses and plugs. Once is enough.

You would be speaking from experience would you high country 

[high country]

Bark a vias from the prone in the field sometime without glasses and plugs. Once is enough.

You would be speaking from experience would you high country 

I picked chit out of my eyes for a week. Some might get off on that stuff...not me. 

[rbros]

Thats the main reason I don't use the Vias style brakes.  With the baffle style, there isn't much that flies around at all...unless you are in the snow!  Plugs are needed with any break...or unbreaked for that matter.  Only time I don't wear them is when the suppressor's are on.

[3nails]

 I have an honest question. I really don't understand what it is these days about people with muzzle brakes. Is it just the "sexy" new gadget? I've shot high powered rifles my whole life and have never had a problem with recoil. My sons' first gun at 12 yrs and 90 lbs is a Tikka t3 300 wsm that people on here say "kicks like a mule" and he's never had a problem with it. I've asked him several times if it kicks too hard and all I hear is "nope". Is this just a fad or is it for bad shoulders? Just trying to get perspective.

[wraithen]

Bad shoulders and some people didn't grow up around guns. The only rifle's I've shot are a .22 short, m-16, m-4, and my savage .223  The 5.56 machine guns don't kick much. The 7.62 ones dont kick at all, they just push you backwards. Some people develop flinching pretty easy. Some just want the round of a big gun with the kick of a varmint rifle. 

[rbros]

Muzzle brakes just makes things more comfortable to shoot.  Some guys want large calibers and no recoil, others want to spot their own shots at any distance, lots of reasons.  I run them on some of my comp rifles to never come off target at any range and be able to engage multiple targets quickly.  My hunting rifles have them to be able to stay on target and spot my own shots at any distance.  I shoot between 20000-35000 rounds a year through centerfire rifles from .223 AR's to 338 Edges and the brakes do come in handy at times.  For me, its the convenience of being able to see where I am hitting at all times and distances on my "braked" rifles.

[Miles]

My sons' first gun at 12 yrs and 90 lbs is a Tikka t3 300 wsm that people on here say "kicks like a mule" and he's never had a problem with it. I've asked him several times if it kicks too hard and all I hear is "nope".

Next time you're shooting with him, drop an empty round in, hand him the gun and tell him " it's ready to go".  Don't let him know that you put the empty round in.  You'll know if it kicks and if the recoil is bothering him as soon as he pulls the trigger....

I'm willing to bet it kicks him more than he is leading you to believe.  If he's just "being tough" around dad, this could hinder his shooting abilities in the future.  If he develops a flinch, it can take a lot of trigger time to get rid of it.

[KillBilly]

Bark a vias from the prone in the field sometime without glasses and plugs. Once is enough.

My brakes don't bark.... what are you trying to say? What has the prone got to do with anything. At least give me something with teeth to argue against...

[Huntboy]

Ive heard of guys doing something with mercury I wanna say? can anyone clarify this?

I don't know if this was already covered, but it's a mercury dampener.