Originally Posted by CZ550
Just for the record, I too hated brakes until I reached eighty and a serious bout of arthritis. To keep shooting what I like, I had to take some practical steps: including Mag-na- Porting on my .458 (it came with that), reduced loads and a bit of extra overall weight in the rifles. Protection of hearing is certainly a priority, but so is one's eyes, bones, ligiments and muscles.

And I'm not disagreeing with RinB - whom I genuinely appreciate.

And also for the record, the 9.3 x 62 is one of my all-time favourites.

Bob
www.bigbores.ca
With this muzzle brake, recoil thing, it's often not the actual recoil that is the problem. It's usually your brain sending a message to you because of the "fear of recoil". And often it's not the recoil that causes the "fear of recoil", but the noise or muzzle blast that causes that fear. Now if you are getting near 80, then things may be a bit different and the actual recoil may be an issue, especially in a .45. But for many others, think about the blast causing much of the problem.