never was much bothered by recoil, I use brakes on my LR rifles for 1 reason
thats so I can see the impact of the bullet, I shoot a 7mm Allen Mag alot, I can see the impacts on a deer (or a miss) through a 20X scope at 800 yards and more.
the 7mm AM sends a 160 gr downrange at up to 3700 fps, but with a brake the deer never leaves the x-hairs when shooting
RR

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