Remington 700 SPS 300 Remington Ultra Magnum

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trapper300RUM

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I am thinking of having a muzzle brake put on my 300RUM when i lay flat to shoot it is bad & i am going to put a Boyd's Thumbhole Lam Forest camo stock on ut as well this gun will never be sold just pass on when i am gone to my grandson i am gonna make it a nice rig . I have heard that a muzzlw brake makes the rifle much louder & if this is true i wear hearing protection while praticing anyway what do any of you fellas think about a muzzle brake
 
They do increase the noise, by a large factor, but they also do a great job of reducing felt recoil. People I know who use them say to use double ear protection, i.e. muffs and ear plugs. You'll also need to wear ear protection while hunting, as well anyone in your party that is hunting by you!
 
I will add that a good muzzle brake will not direct any more noise at the shooter than before the brake was added. However, if you have someone standing left or right of you as you pull the trigger they may not be your friend anymore.

And if you are firing under a roof or something on an outdoor range you will hear it much louder. Just be courteous to those around you when shooting with a rifle with a brake on it.
 
At some ranges you may not be allowed on the line with unbraked rifles. I know of a couple, The Rod and Gun club, in Billings, for one that have braked only sessions, so everyone else can go reset their car alarms.

Many guides or professional hunters won't take you as a client if you bring a braked rifle.

Some brakes are removeable. You won't really notice the recoil when hunting, because it should only take one shot.
 
You won't really notice the recoil when hunting, because it should only take one shot.
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Adrenalin will dull the shock. Used slug guns for deer when I lived in Iowa. You don't notice the recoil at all and I remember seeing the hit through the scope. But after sight-in on the range your shoulder is pulverized and you never want to shoot the dang thing again.
 
How about a nice stock with a mercury recoil reducer built in? Or how about using some of the remington power level ammo that equals 300win or 30-06 ballistics depending on the load. You could also do that handloading.
 
Whether or not the muzzle brake makes it louder from the shooters perspective depends on the design of the brake. Some do, some don't. It depends on the angles the gas travels backward at and if any gas is sent forward into the rearward traveling gas. I love brakes. Anything that recoils, (or used to would be more accurate statement) in my safe has a brake.
 
I have a Tikka T3 Hunter in 300 win Mag. I had the smith put a quite brake on it. It made a huge difference. Before it was hard to shoot in a lead sled with 50 pounds of lead. Now I can shoulder it and shoot it.
 
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