Vapodog

Occasionally when Prairie dog shooting I would use a .300 Win Mag. When it got windy and the distance was very long.....(over 600 yards) one really wants a heavier bullet and something like a .30 Caliber boat tail helps quite a bit.....mind you this is bench shooting and one can take quite a bit of punishment from a .300 Magnum shooting several hundred rounds a day from a bench.

I never resorted to a brake but can easily see how one might want to do it. Eventually I just left the .300 Magnum home and did the best I could with 85 grain ballistic tips from a .25-06

If the use of the varmint rifle was to shoot at ground hogs where a half dozen shots per day was a good day then I'd have no problem using the .300 Magnum without a brake.....but when one tries to shoot several hundred a day.....well.....that's another story entirely.

bigbulls

Exactly. You want to be able to spot your own shots to make rapid follow up shots should you need to or quickly move from target to target. You also get to see the varmint explode.

Colorado Luckydog

You guys are wrong about the muzzle break. There is nothing wrong with one at all. I am no fan of recoil and less is better. However, I love to shoot a gun with the ballistics of the 300 RUM. I put a break on mine and it was my favorite gun to shoot.

The only reason I quit hunting with it was the cost involved. I got tired of paying 50 bucks a box for shells.

bigbulls

If you like them then more power to ya.
I wouldn't have a braked big game rifle if you offered to buy it for me. Of course that's what the make lathes for.... To cut those blasted things off then end of a perfectly good barrel.

It especially ticks me off when I go to the range and someone with a braked rifle sit down next to me and start banging away. Ruins the whole range day.

Vapodog

exactly....good post!

Colorado Luckydog

So a guy should or should not have a muzzle brake because you don't like them at the range?? That cracks me up Bigbulls. You know how much I like and respect your opinions and knowledge. I've learned a lot from you over the years but that is just lame!!

I probably would never had a muzzle break in my life but a couple of back surgeries and a titanium plate on your neck will change your mind.

bigbulls

Thanks, I'll be here all night......

I never said that he shouldn't have a brake if he wants one. He can have what he wants on his rifle. Doens't mean I have to like shooting next to him. I love it when I am sitting there gently squeezing through the trigger pull and BANG... I get to feel the muzzle blast on the side of my face from the guy next to me. Does wonders for shooting tight groups.

If I had a brake on one of my larger caliber rifles I would have enough respect for the people sitting next to me to let them know I was about to destroy their hearing with my braked 300 ultra mag. Most people don't.

I hate that that happened to you but if I were in your situation I would honestly choose to shoot a lighter recoiling cartridge rather than install a brake.

Colorado Luckydog

This is one we will just have to disagree on. My 300 RUM was one of the best shooting rifles, I have ever owned. I liked my brake so much, I have even been thinking about putting one on my 30.06. I'd probably never spend the dough on it but I'd put it on in a second if it was free.

On a side note....All of the elk I've killed with my 300 ultra mag were stupid close!! I could have taken them all with a bow.

Colorado Luckydog

Now that's funny!!

Blackelk

I'm sure the guy that first put the topic in the forum is either laughing his butt off or still scratching his head. There is one way to find out just go shoot one a few times. I'm sure someone in your community has one by now.