Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Ouch!!! My ears......but not my shoulder

It isn't just myself, nor close. NOBODY I have seen will lie down next to a guy with a brake. It is a rare occasion when someone brings one to a match. Mostly guys who don't know any better or are new to shooting matches. That person is made to go shoot down on the end away from the others, the times I have seen it happen. Have also seen it where they shoot before or after the other shooters.

I am not saying brakes don't have their place(even though I don't use them). Merely that a prone match isn't one of them....

Nope not a match, just tried to shoot targets laying next to machine guns (M60, 240B, M2, M249, and MK19). I managed and didn't complain about the muzzle blast from them. I figured it was my job to deal with adversities.



You allowed you boy to remain between two braked rifles (sandwiched), to the point where "He lost all interest in the rifle range." You didn't say how you tried to remedy the problem, you just bitched about it here. I'm sure an amicable solution could have been made if you had taken the time to talk to the other shooters, and could have been a great teaching moment for your boy on how to deal with other people. Maybe then your boy wouldn't hate the rifle range.

Sure I'm an ass.

Shoot enough, you'll welcome a reduction... but yeah, the few rounds most folks shoot a year, you can do without a brake.

And south of me, the pansies paddle kayaks and want all the shallow water to themselves....

I find it hard to believe how big of a whimp most people have become.

A suppressor solves both problems... just sayin'...

It is the best solution by far, but a brake doesn't take a year to get.

So one is a "whimp" because they find dirt and grass hitting them in the face and sticking to their lenses annoying while trying to shoot small groups at long ranges.

And the guys who DON'T USE brakes are the whimps.

What is hard to believe is the stupid $hit people say around here.

Let me guess, you have never tried shooting a prone match next to a brake either. Because their is nobody who would choose to shoot next to a braked rifle as opposed to an unbraked one....

Again, you have no clue what your talking about, but keep assuming, it only solidifys the ass statement, not that I really needed the help.

I was there, you weren't,

get it?

That's what I thought.

You're an ass...

Only takes a year if you waited too long to begin with...

Brakes are simply inconsiderate... brake users should be aware of their effects on other people around them, and to their own ears. We don't need more "rules".... we need less inconsiderate ass holes.

Nailed it....

Said the man with the muzzle brake....

While you are busy "inventing" muzzle brakes, how bout you invent one that directs gases right back at the jacka$$ using it instead of the people next to him....

On a lighter side Ted, what does your subject line say?

Your words, not ours.

Bait....

God did it work

Like I said

I knew this would draw a crowd

Glad I don't frequent a "publuc" range

Generally, these are my thoughts on brakes too and those that have them on rifles...

99% of the time it's someone who's waaay overcartridged and way under their perceived shooting skills...

Amen...

I only own one with a brake. It was a gift to me.

I know how and where to use it.

Folks are stupid in the way they use them at times. Folks are also ignorant or stupid if they don't get away from the folks that don't know how.

Suppressor is by far the ticket, but not all that many have them.

As to all this bluff about not shooting next to a brake... if it bothers you your sub conscious brain is not in the place its supposed to be to shoot well anyway, not that many even understand that.

BTW I just recall that I lied. I have 2 with brakes. The 50 has one. I have shot one a fair amount. It slaps you in the face hard, dusts and grasses you etc... but after the first shots, you understand and dont' even realize its doing it. Its as bad if not worse shooting it, than shooting next to a braked gun otherwise.

I'm not that old but so far I've learned to deal with about everything so far. Brakes when they came out just took a bit and all was good.

I do feel for folks that have to use public ranges though, they burn time and energy and then have to think about when/what and how they do things to make life continue to move forward in a "normal" manner.

I'd rather deal with a brake as a guide, than someone shooting ballistic tips. LOL that ought to stir it up.

Plugs and muffs combined, which is how you should shoot on any range anyway, cover a lot of the issues.

I pray some of you never have to shoot in the cold, heat, high winds, rain, dust, etc..... Reminds me of the day we shot offhand at perry, and the wind and rain blew so hard it snapped the 2x4 carriers in half here and there.... there was so much whining that day they had to call in for a rail car full of cheese before the afternoon was over...

Quiet brakes don't work.