For those of you who have brakes installed on your hunting rigs, what are your preferred ones? On the other end of the spectrum, are there any that you think should be avoided entirely?

the favorite is none......

*eyeroll*

On a hunting rifle? All of them...

Amazing. Glad you were here with that insight.

I like the ones that use three perpendicular holes, blank on top and bottom. The brake on my MKV ULWT 338-06 is a "holes all around type, yet the "quietest" of all particular type "I have used". KDF is especially loud to me. A lot depends on how much powder you are trying to burn, or even the burn rate. For example, on a short barreled rifle, most folks think "faster powders/lighter bullets. And that will work, but be very loud. If they used a heavy for caliber bullet, and a full case of a slow powder, they will get a better burn and good speed with a heavier bullet.

Thanks Jim!

This would be full length barrel, 30-06 class cartridge. And that's interesting. Makes sense that the faster burning powder and lighter bullet blow more gas out, faster.

I'll check out and see if I can find what type of brakes those are to take a look at em

👍

Was waiting for that one!

Yeah, if only. Streng verboten over here I'm afraid.

Hopefully things improve over there (and here).

I spent a lot of time in Canada before turning 21😵. Canada’s a beautiful country with a lot of great people and unrivaled outdoor opportunities.

Thank you sir. I really hope so too.

Kinda perplexing how there are countries in Europe where they can't own half the guns we can but suppressors are so common. Then again no one said logic has anything to do with it.

Would hands down think your suggestion is the best option too.

My favorite brake…..is the one I threw away!

There may, repeat may be a time and place for a brake on a hunting rifle….but, not in the areas we (wife and I) hunt. We don’t want to deafen each other, and want our hearing unimpaired as we often hunt in grizzly country.

I see a brake as mostly unnecessary unless the shooter suffers from, eye issues, shoulder issues, or perhaps has suffered some form of brain injury that will be affected by recoil!

The vast majority of hunting rifles do not recoil enough to require a brake! JMO. memtb

Igloo, judging from your responses to those that do not recommend brakes…..it appears that you’ve already made your decision.

Perhaps, someone can provide you with the answer that you desire! Perhaps you should delete/erase the last sentence of your OP! memtb

I have a couple of hunting guns with brakes. All are the Miculek style. If I hunt with these guns, I am hunting pigs or coyotes and want the possibility of a quick follow up shot,or prairie dogs and want to spot impacts. I wear hearing protection if I use a brake in the field.
They won't break the bank and reduce recoil well.

I use Ross Schuler brakes on my PRS rifles, which I do hunt with from time to time. The ability to easily keep the target in the scope transcends to hunting in my opinion. Staying on target with the glass is a key element of beating the clock on a PRS stage. If I'm hunting with one of those rifles, and I don't have time to stuff a foam ear plug in my ears, then I'm in a situation more appropriate for my stable of leverguns, which will never see a brake.

Perhaps not, because that would make no sense at all.

Well, yes, I've already made my decision. That's why the question isn't "do you think a hunting rifle should have a brake" or "should I put a brake on my rifle" or some such. Within that very easily understandabe context one would think answers suggesting no brake at all are useful as teats on a boar hog, no? Especially after its been posted several times already.

But then, I overestimate people lol.




Whoa, hold up. You guys are making way too much sense lol

Ive switched to suppressors, but when using a brake , i like the radial “no timer” style.

No machining or crush washers needed.

Not good for shooting prone off ground, itll blow sust ery’where

Not much in the looks department.
But effective.
dave

The Insite Arms Heathen and Area419 Hellfire brakes are both great. Self-timing and use the side port design. I won't own a brake with vents on the bottom. Some upward directionality helps reduce muzzle jump. I also prefer the gradually increasing angle of the ports to minimize recoil as well as backward-directed blast.

lol

Windsor ballet.

no brake is best brake.

Same here.

The first rifle that I had a brake put on was my .375 RUM. I'm not new to hunting or shooting (shot my first elk in 1967, did a tour in Vietnam, have done abut a dozen international hunts, and have shot several hundred thousand shotshells in Trap and Skeet competitions), but that beast kicked so hard that I couldn't shoot it enough to even sight in the scope. So I had a KDF brake installed on it. I also re-stocked it with a stock that fits me, and I installed a recoil reducer in the stock.

That combination reduced the recoil so that rifle is now comfortable to shoot, even prone, and I have taken it on two African and an Alaskan hunt.

Because of the amout of recoil recuction from the KDF brake on my .375 RUM, when I bought my .300 Weatherby I had a KDF brake installed on it before I fired my first shot through it. I also re-stocked it with a stock that fits me, and instlled a recoil reducer in it. It's loud, but what isn't that burns 85 grains on powder? It's felt recoil is less than the recoil of my 7mm RM rifle of the same weight.

If I use a brake, I like the one my gunsmith makes. Flat on top and bottom, holes are on the sides and perpendicular to the bore. Not bad for the shooter but certainly not pleasant for anyone to the sides though. Have one on my 338 RUM because I can’t take the recoil like I used to.

Gentry quiet brake, Vias( no longer made?). Wife has a Gentry on her 7mag. Bought the rifle used and it was already there. Shot so good we just left it. I have a factory one on a 300 wby, I do not mind it and neither seem overly loud. I have been next to my wife as she has shot both deer and antelope never seemed to bother my hearing. My 375, 338, 300 win have no brake. I dont mind the recoil and have never been overly sensitive to it. I do have a neck injury and had 2 fusions with need of another. I used to be a brake hater, now if I need it so be it.

https://rossbrakes.com/store
I have a couple of Ross Brakes and they are well made, work, and economical.

I'm not much of a fan of brakes. I think, they look ugly and loud.

I got this image from Bansner web page.
This rifle is called "The Standard" the brake looks okay, I guess. Any of you fellas know what brand or type it might be? I going to call their shop and ask. Just wondered if anyone knew.
Thanks

I have made radial brakes (like the KDF), slotted brakes, integral brakes, brakes which could be deactivated, timed brakes, and muffled brakes. For simplicity of manufacture and installation, the KDF is best but a brake which vents to the side and up is more usable in the field. I've been making and installing brakes for almost forty years but I have never put one on one of my own rifles. The most effective brakes are not usually the most attractive; there is always a bit of a trade-off. GD

None at all.

Don't care to add a loudner to my rifles.