Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Question For Those Who Don't Like Breaks?

I think they serve a purpose in some situations, just use the best hearing protection you can buy!

The additional noise is not worth it for me.
Two rifles with brakes on them and deteriorating hearing as a result of hunting with them (one shot per kill without hearing protection won't hurt, WRONG).
Now I am smarted and just shoot rifles with less recoil, same number of one shot kills.

And more enjoyable to shoot! +1 on KLM opinion.

I definitely prefer to not have a brake but they do have their place for long range groups etc. That's why so many 1000 yard guys use them because they work. Just hunting I don't like a brake.

my 338 is a gun i pick to shoot a lot... i do a lot of long range shooting, and i can easily go through 40 rnds in an afternoon. i've varmint hunted a lot with my 300RUM the last couple springs and now the 338 will take it's place. but again, i'm just doing long range stuff.
you can spot your hits when you have a brake at around 600 yds and out.

now i also shoot long range with my 6.5x47 but don't have it braked, in fact i have it suppressed, so i guess i'm at both ends of the spectrum. i'm just all for making what guns you have easier to shoot more accurately.

i shoot a lot year round. i don't take my trusty ole' huntin rifle out once a deer season with the same box of shells i've had for 5 years. i think brakes have the potential to make you a better shooter with bigger calibers. you can focus more on form, trigger pull, follow through, etc without the anticipation of big recoil.

again they are loud, but when they cut the recoil of a 300gr .338 bullet down to .308 recoil there is a lot to like. i don't shoot at ranges, so i don't worry about hurting other peoples ears.

I don't care what other people think,call me a puzzy,that's fine.Every rifle I own from 22-250 to my 325WSM has a brake on it.Noise doesn't bother me I wear electonic ear protection.If other people don't like the noise,to bad.Skeeter

Brakes piss me right the hell off. Nothing worse than some azzhole with a brake sitting down at the bench next to yours.

We had a guy runnin' a brake in a 600yd prone match a few months back. Myself and the guy on the other side of him had to hang back and shoot after this guy (and the rest of the line) was done because he was throwing dirt/grass/leaves in our face every time he pulled the trigger.

If you want to run a brake, so be it. But be courteous to the other shooters around you.......

I shot a braked 340 once in the field without ear protection. My ears rang for 3 days nonstop after that. Hunting with my kids and I decided that there was no way I wanted them around if I touched a braked rifle off. Glad to be rid of it.

Point taken on 40 rds a day with the brake.

I also concede that if your not shooting at a range, then it's none of my business how loud someone's gun is..

I've had the "pleasure" of sharing the range with a fellow shooting a 30-378 with a "Swiss cheese" type break. The blast from that GD thing was obnoxious.

If I'm there 1st,I don't have to be courteous to anyone.If you don't like it move your arse away from me.Skeeter

Great attitude towards fellow shooters.

i find this thread kind of funny.

all the guys are calling us puzzys cause we don't like recoil, but at the same time complain about it being to loud on their ears

Guys like you make me want a braked rifle just to haul out as necessary and annoy you with... Good grief...

I suppose if you were the first to drop a turd on a shooting bench you'd just leave it there as well.

Yes Sir,I was.Just stating the way I feel about it,you won't annoy me if you have a brake on your rifle also.I pay just as much to shoot as you do.I'm courteous and polite to everyone to a point.I don't owe my fellow shooters anything.If you don't like the noise,so be it.Skeeter

Agreed, and since I was on the 'Fire first, BLOW ME on the way out.

Nope, I'd say you just [bleep] up a perfectly good gun

But if you say so....

Thank You,Steelie,your opinion matters so much to me.I sure the sun will rise Monday reguardless what you say or think.I understand your weekend girl friend said you were blow out anyway.Skeeter

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