Leave the brake off. Your professional hunter in Africa will appreciate that.
I have a 338 Lapua with a 30" Rock Creek barrel and the noise is not bad with that length of tube with a brake on it.
For the shooter, maybe.
For everyone. The exit pressure is much lower, thus the noise is also lower.
Tell that to your PH.
There's a reason a whole bunch of guides and PHs hate muzzle brakes. It's not just the noise, but the blast itself. The gd things are just terrible. If a guy needs one for a hunting rifle, he needs to be shooting a lighter recoiling package.
