I have a .416 Rigby with a VAIS muzzle brake on it - didn't put it on myself, it came that way (used gun). I have fired it on a covered range with other people set up maybe 10 yards away to my left, and they told me that it sounded "like a .30/'06" to them. They saidthey were surprised to learnit was a .416 Rigby. Of course, all of us were wearing ear protection at the time. VAIS claims their brake is "quiet", but I have not fired this rifle w/o ear protection, and have no idea what it would sound like if I did. I don't understand how a muzzle brake can be quiet, because for it to work, some of the exhaust gases from the muzzle have to be redirected toward the rear. This is bound to make a gun seem louder to the shooter and people on both sides of the gun......

Since this brake makes the rifle feel more like a .375 H&H than a .416, I'm leaving it on, even though it looks like hell sitting out there on the end of the barrel.....