Good Brakes help with keeping target acquisition. Design is up for debate but you don't have to spend $100.
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To brake or not to brake
- Thread starter Clem Bronkoski
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I have a 7mm rem mag A bolt and have been considering installing a brake. Do you have recommendations?
When I got my 7mm rem mag A bolt a number of years ago I passed on the option to installing a boss system. Now a number of years later I obtained a
compensator and a kurled nut from Browning and am thinking about installing it. I couldn't find the indicator ring for it. My question is can a competent gun smith install a boss system and is it worth doing?
compensator and a kurled nut from Browning and am thinking about installing it. I couldn't find the indicator ring for it. My question is can a competent gun smith install a boss system and is it worth doing?
no thread would have to get that done.
could you please ballpark cos?
High Country
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He certainly has decent prices....
Brake.... it's sweet to see the bullets all the way to target! And they do screw on and off!
lyotehunter
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they are ear splitting and unless you really need one for target shooting I would not. I use a silencer on mine because I don't want to use ear plugs in the field. and I have shot very small groups long before muzzle brakes, so if you have trouble shooting without one use one. I have guns with brakes and they do not shoot any better groups .
Jeffrey Van Zandt
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can you stay on target at 800 yards and see your bullet strike if not then you need a brake.there is nothing about cool looking to a muzzel brake they are a tool that helps the shooters do better
The first deer I killed at 600 yards with a 22-250 saw the bullet go right by his neck brought the second shot down dropped him like a rock wouldn't have seen the shot without a brake on the rifle
I put a break on my Bergara Premier HMR PRO and groups at 100 yards off the bench tightened up by enough to measure the difference. Overall I feel its a benefit to getting better hits. Could I have better fundamentals? Sure and I am always working to better and in PRS a break makes it easier to stay on target and get off subsequent shots.
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Rich Coyle
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"To brake or not to brake" is the headline question. The answer is the same as asking, "To breath or not".
