If you're going to get a 27 or 28 Nosler, then you'll be using perhaps 70-80 grains of powder with a heavy projectile. To get the benefit of that, you need to be shooting game past 400 yards. To control the recoil through the shot, you need a heavy rifle...otherwise you won't be able to shoot it accurately at 500 yards when using a field rest or bipod. If you are thinking of a muzzle brake, you will need ear muffs otherwise your hearing will eventually suffer. I shoot the equivalent of a 27 Nosler with a 27" barrel and the rifle weighs 11 3/4 pounds...no brake.
