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That stock must not fit him! I can shoot heavier calibers than that all afternoon with no bruising or blisters. Yikes!

Not taking anything away from your brakes- just saying that that's a lot of damage from a 7-mag.

So, Ringman, you make your own brakes? That's pretty cool.

Jeff, you would shoot better groups with a brake I can guarantee you that.

I hadn't really considered it before, but for my Sendero it could be perfecto!

... of course, then the question is if I want to put, what, $75 worth of gunsmithing into this factory barrel. I THINK I do... seems to shoot... still kind of reserving judgement due to the early chamber problems tho...

This is a dumb question but... if I buy a brake, a good one, it can be installed on my next barrel too of course... right?

Yes, if it is threaded on and your new barrel is the same contour or close...

Anything that lessens recoil means your body is not as particular in recoil, all that adds to accuracy...
In Highpower matches brakes are illegal... I watch folks shoot 300 mags and 240s at 1000 yards.. It takes SO much concentration as your body has to accept the recoil EXACTLY the same way perfectly each time.... If the gun recoils off target left or right, even though it as a perfect shot, squeeze etc... that impact will be left or right per the recoil direction...

Jeff

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

WIMPY: "What's you shoe size Madam?"
OLIVE OYL: "Size 7 but a size 18 feels sooo good!"

Soooo...
ME: "Why 600 yards of course but 250 feels soooo good!"

Yeah, shooitng long makes 250 such a gimme, you dont' even think about it and teh game is dead.

Jeff, you and others pointed that out when I embarked on my long-range journey, and it is indeed the biggest, most significant bonus of the whole thing!

I really, really hope I don't find myself looking at a 600-yard shot. But as you say, out to some distance shorter than that, it's now pretty trivial.

See my sig line, I'll really just about let them walk into the muzzle if possible and I pray for chip shots. But the LR work makes chip shots longer for me than most.

Example in point, I don't blink twice at 100 yards irons with a MZ. And I'm zero'd where I can easily hit an elk good at 200 if need be. Most folks are less than that and don't even think about 200. Add a scope and a different MZ my range is an easy 300 yards.

Its much like bow.... I zero in up close when its close to season, other than that I tend to try to shoot 50 yards mostly. Not that I'd try a shot past 15 yards here, as our deer duck too bad at the shot, but practice at 50 makes 15 doable in your sleep.

Keep it up. Odds are its gonna be hard to find a must be 600 yard shot unless you are looking specifically for it. But as the sig line says, sure don't hurt to be prepared just in case.

Jeff

300 yd with a scope and flat shooting rifle.

Been shooting out to 1K alot over the past year. Like has been mentioned, anything from 600 and in is just about a gimme in decent (read consistent) wind conditions for me.

I try to get as close as I can, but I'm comfortable shooting game out to 500 yards if I have to.

Jeff_O,


That is correct. The 'smith just matches the threads. Simple.