memtb
Well-Known Member
For a hunting rifle a brake is truly obnoxious. I will never argue that. I have some past serious shoulder damage, and heavy impacts are rough. My goal for this rifle is bench shooting, long range play, and some long range hunting which would be prone shots. It does weigh 11 pounds fully loaded (no bipod, so 12 with the bipod) but it still just moves too much for me with the radial brake and 300 gr smk's. Shooting 250gr GK or grand slams, the radial brake was really quite comfortable. I haven't worked with the rifle enough to know what my final load will be, so I may well head back to the radial brake if I find that shooting the 300's isn't what my rifle likes.
Sorry to hear of the bad shoulder…..that adds a whole new part to to equation! Plus……you're not hunting! Use whatever it takes and Good Luck finding the "magic bullet"! memtb