Reduce Recoil Help

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Muzzle brake is the best bang for the buck. Just make sure you find a good gunsmith to do the job.

I have the same gun, i put the ( limb saver ) recoil pad on mine, made by SVL, it was about $30.00, it cut the recoil in 1/2, it is very comfortable to shoot now. i bought mine at Cabela's, but most gun shops stock them too.

Kevin

I too would recommend trying the Sims pad first.

Muzzle brakes IMO are a last resort and every one I've been around (which is only a couple) has been obnoxiously if not dangerously loud even for the shooter and I have also seen them blow dust when shot from the prone position that is reminiscent of shooting a blackpowder gun.

Bill

I'd borrow a recoil pad from someone and see if it is enough to do the job for you. If you it is not I'd go with the brake from the link I PM'd you.
The Brake I had installed doesn't have holes on the bottom so it doesn't kick up any more doest than an unbraked rifle. Without holes on the bottom it also helps with muzzle jump at the shot so you regain sight picture quicker as well.
It does make your rifle louder but thats what ear plugs are for.

Sneekeepete

I think im going to go with one of the breaks you showed me. Thanks a bunch for the help!

Camo

"camodup" wrote:Sneekeepete

I think im going to go with one of the breaks you showed me. Thanks a bunch for the help!

Camo

You will be sorry you did, most people i know,hate them, and wish they didn't do it, muzzle breaks, are the last resort. but it is your gun, i hope it works for you.

Kevin

"buckykm1" wrote:

camodup wrote:Sneekeepete

I think im going to go with one of the breaks you showed me. Thanks a bunch for the help!

Camo

You will be sorry you did, most people i know,hate them, and wish they didn't do it, muzzle breaks, are the last resort. but it is your gun, i hope it works for you.

Kevin

I guess I didn't realize most people hate them and wish they had never had a muzzle brake installed. See, I have two of them and my brother also has a couple. We like them, much better than adding a recoil pad.

Guess we aren't most people.

I think he will be happy with the brake :thumb , they are fine, I was just pointing out a couple of flaws that I have noticed with the ones I have been around, and encouraging another option to try first.

The few people I know that have them like them.

+1 on the earplugs. (@)

Good luck! 4c Hope you find what works for you! xcrossx

As you can see I am kinda slow so I just found the extra smilies and thought I would experiment. :tz

Bill

lol Abert I am happy to be one of those not lumped in with "Most People" comments most of the time. I find I am much happier than "Most people" :thumb

well, i'm a little late on this post.
If I coulda been the first person to reply, it probably woulda been identicle to SNEEKEE's

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that equals----- i agree lol

little story--
me and one of my buddies went to AK a few yrs back for a moose hunt.
I'm not very big but i grew up shooting big guns and dont mind them at all.
once a week we would meet at the range and shoot at least a box of shells if not 2.

I shoot a 300 wby and my buddy shoots a 30-378 wby.

well one afternoon wewere shooting and after my second box i was starting to get a touch jumpy, i pulled threw it, shot a great group to finish up, and my buddy says"here shoot a group through mine"
i was thinking" awe crap, this is gonna hurt"!
well i shot his BIGGER gun and was ABSOLULTY amazed how little the felt recoil was, but BY FAR more amazed how much "JUMP" it took away from the gun.

needless to say my gun was at the gunsmith the next day and it's been awsome every since!
OH SURE, when that gun goes off, i think it slightly changes the rotation of the earth (From the noise) but you be crazy to not wear ear plugs when you shoot anything at the range, and i've never payed any attention to it when i've killed anything with it.


So put me in the "minority" catagory too, cause i (and anyone else i know) love mine :thumb

I love my muzzle brake. I can work with noise and dust alot better than the punishment that I used to take from my 7MM Ultra Mag. Would shoot big calibers without it now.

I cant decide if I like the boooom or the muzzle flash on my 50cal better. I know that I could melt the barrel down fireing it and not feel a thing the next day. It,s kinda funny watchen em jump next to me at the range every time I sqeeze the trigger. Does that make me a bad person?

I think this is kind of like the Chevy VS Ford thing, you either love them or hate them.

Kevin

I'm running a similar setup (TC 300 Win Mag) that the gf bought me for Valentines Day. I put 45 rounds through it this week between sighting it in and being excited about it and am sore as can be. I picked up a slip-on limb saver last night, I'll let you know how it goes later this week!

I agree with both sides on the one. I have alot of rifles with brakes and alot without. In my opinion, brakes are a risk vs gain thing. If you want the preformance of a supermagnum rifle, I believe that a brake is absolutely essential to shoot as accurately as possible. On the other hand, milder recoiling rifles kill game just as good in most cases. Here's the fact; complaining about the noise from a break on a supermag is like complaining about the fuel economy of a top fuel dragster. If you want fuel economy......get a prius. One last point. I wear good hearing protection well over 99% of the time and I have never remembered the loud bang when shooting at game. Yes, the damage is being done, but that's true with any large caliber rifle report. Well worth it to me.-----SS

My rifled slug barrel has a brake. I would much rather shoot slugs through it then slugs through a smooth bore barrel with no brake. Not to mention my shot groups are tighter at longer ranges.

I'll have to admit I have a break on my 350Rem classic but most of the time I wish I would have gone with the limb saver and so do those around me when I shoot.