What is the recommendation for accuracy and recoil control, Run a Suppressor or run a Muzzle Brake?
300PRC caliber
300PRC caliber
Suppressor or Muzzle Brake?
- Thread starter BlackIce117
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The PRS bois run brakes for a tiny edge in recoil control. I find it obnoxious to be around and much prefer a suppressor, which does a fine job of recoil help too. Accuracy is the same
Suppressor and never look back, this shouldn’t even be a discussion. It’s life changing.
If you’re shooting for points, against others shooting for points, use a brake. They’ll all be using brakes too. At least in the PRS and like comps.
Suppressors are much more pleasant, but they are heavy, long, and do less for recoil than even a “meh” brake.
That said, I’d much rather shoot a suppressed rifle all day than a braked rifle.
My “PRS rifles” all sport brakes.
Suppressors are much more pleasant, but they are heavy, long, and do less for recoil than even a “meh” brake.
That said, I’d much rather shoot a suppressed rifle all day than a braked rifle.
My “PRS rifles” all sport brakes.
Shoot with a can, join the back pack like a manHey, us mid-pack guys need all the help we can get.But, shooting through a culvert with a brake SUUUUCKS!!
I tried, once. But, the gun I tried it on went from a “tack driver” to a shotgun. It wasn’t worth burning the ammo.
Maybe I shouldn’t be concerned with that, but it’s sort of crept into my thinking as I evaluate different cans. The gun the can will go on is very accurate. Would hate to spend hundreds for something that would make it less so.
If by chance you want to clear a bay or two on either side of you at the range, put a brake on that thing. Just don’t expect to have too many pleasant conversations with your range mates! For me, it’s not so much the noise, I can wear double hearing pro. It’s the concussion. I don’t make a big deal of it, those guys have as much right to shoot at our club range as I do. If I can’t move to another bay, my range day ends early.
For me ... this is a no-brainer. Suppressors reduce both noise and recoil. Brakes reduce recoil, but are very loud and piss off everyone nearby that's not directly behind the brake. I shoot literally everything suppressed, especially my long range stuff like 300-PRC.
I would not use my single observation as gospel in this regard. I cannot confirm that the cause of the inaccuracy was me not sufficiently tightening the can- as I found it loose after shooting outside of comp one time.
Increased weight, length, and mirage with a can made the juice not worth the squeeze in continuing the experiment. That the gun was less accurate was the cherry on top.
I don’t know if anyone who bought a suppressor and thought “well, that was a waste.” They make shooting SOOO much more pleasant, it is kind of indescribable. If I have a gun with a threaded muzzle, outside of competition, I’m shooting suppressed.
But, if you are shooting for score in a discipline that allows brakes, use a brake.
