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Old 08-03-2005, 06:08 PM
L. Cooper L. Cooper is offline
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It's not a "cottage industry" to warn anyone of the absolutely real damage to hearing that unprotected shooting does to the shooter every single time he pulls the trigger. Adding a muzzle brake only makes that damage worse every time the gun is fired without protection. There is no escaping the physics of that fact.

A muzzle brake should be used only on guns that will be shot with hearing protection 100% of the time. Like from the bench.

I too would say to anyone thinking of putting a muzzle brake on any hunting rifle for any reason, don't. If you are afraid of the recoil, just shoot a lighter caliber. There is very, very little real need for the ultra velocity and big cased magnums in North America anyway.

If it is just to see more red mist, get over it. Have someone spot your shots for you if you want to "walk" the next ones onto the target.

When you are 65 and can still hear the conversation around the dinner table, you will be very thankful.
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