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The Basics, Starting Out
.300 Weatherby Ultra Lightweight recoil
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1499083" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>For many years I shot all of the big bores just like they came. I was never recoil sensitive and i just assumed recoil came with the territory.</p><p></p><p>The first time I saw a muzzle brake I though it was ugly and when I shot it i was not impressed. so I just kept on shooting without. When I bought my M 82 A1 In 50 BMG I hated the brake until I tried it without the brake. At 117 ft/lbs of recoil I had reached my limit so I decided to design a brake for the 50 that would not make your sinuses bleed after 20 ot 30 shots.</p><p></p><p>After building a brake that reduced recoil to 45.5 ft/lbs I suddenly became a big fan of muzzle brakes for big bores. then the local gun ranges started banning the 50 cal and in order to do more testing on my design, I started building them for 30 cal and up to test different design features.</p><p></p><p>And once again, I saw many benefits in muzzle brakes. After refining my brakes, lots of my friends wanted them installed on much smaller cartridges for muzzle control and faster follow up shots.</p><p></p><p>I still have a few big bore rifles (416 and 458s) that don't have brakes</p><p>but in the future I feel I will get around to outfitting them with a brake.</p><p></p><p>With any high powered rifle, hearing protection should be worn if you intend to preserve your hearing, so a well designed brake should not discarded just because you don't want to wear hearing protection.</p><p></p><p>I have found NO downside to muzzle brakes and in many cases improved accuracy, improved shooter ability to concentrate on trigger control and position instead of worrying about getting the crap knocked out of you.</p><p></p><p>Correction: It normally does cost more in ammo because you will shoot more.</p><p></p><p>Light weight rifles have another form of felt recoil call 'recoil velocity'</p><p>and this makes them undesirable to many shooters. With recoil velocity the same amount of recoil potential in a cartridge if delivered</p><p>to the shooter faster than in a heavier rifle and it makes the felt recoil</p><p>seem much more.</p><p></p><p>So in my opinion, a light weight rifle is the perfect place for a good muzzle brake no matter what the cartridge/caliber is.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1499083, member: 2736"] For many years I shot all of the big bores just like they came. I was never recoil sensitive and i just assumed recoil came with the territory. The first time I saw a muzzle brake I though it was ugly and when I shot it i was not impressed. so I just kept on shooting without. When I bought my M 82 A1 In 50 BMG I hated the brake until I tried it without the brake. At 117 ft/lbs of recoil I had reached my limit so I decided to design a brake for the 50 that would not make your sinuses bleed after 20 ot 30 shots. After building a brake that reduced recoil to 45.5 ft/lbs I suddenly became a big fan of muzzle brakes for big bores. then the local gun ranges started banning the 50 cal and in order to do more testing on my design, I started building them for 30 cal and up to test different design features. And once again, I saw many benefits in muzzle brakes. After refining my brakes, lots of my friends wanted them installed on much smaller cartridges for muzzle control and faster follow up shots. I still have a few big bore rifles (416 and 458s) that don't have brakes but in the future I feel I will get around to outfitting them with a brake. With any high powered rifle, hearing protection should be worn if you intend to preserve your hearing, so a well designed brake should not discarded just because you don't want to wear hearing protection. I have found NO downside to muzzle brakes and in many cases improved accuracy, improved shooter ability to concentrate on trigger control and position instead of worrying about getting the crap knocked out of you. Correction: It normally does cost more in ammo because you will shoot more. Light weight rifles have another form of felt recoil call 'recoil velocity' and this makes them undesirable to many shooters. With recoil velocity the same amount of recoil potential in a cartridge if delivered to the shooter faster than in a heavier rifle and it makes the felt recoil seem much more. So in my opinion, a light weight rifle is the perfect place for a good muzzle brake no matter what the cartridge/caliber is. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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