yes the brake unscrews but I had to try it with it on. Its a fox river kicks less then my 270 I think.I just am kinda thinking I could sell the whole gun for a good profit and buy an adl and have some extra cash for project X. I didnt think it messed with the accuracy any cause she was shooting around a 1'' not bad I thought. It came with a 3x9x40 buckmasters on it so now I have 2 of them laying around if I decide to use this gun for project X.