Looking for a muzzle brake; is the APA Gen 2 Fat Bastard Self Timing a good one?

I just got an Insite Heathen for my 20in 308.
Won't get to shoot with it till next week but I like the look of it. hand tightening for timing was super nice
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The fat bastard is excellent for recoil reduction. However They are big and not necessary for a 308. Little bastard or helfire is what I would use, both are excellent brakes
 
I would recommend an APA little bastard gen 3. It’s tune able for muzzle rise. My son shoots a gen 2 and the recoil reduction is amazing. You won’t be disappointed.
 
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The FB is really long and probably overkill for a 308. I own two of the Gen 2 Lil Bastards and two of the Gen 3s that I haven't mounted yet. I like the Gen 2s a lot, and am looking forward to getting the Gen 3s put on (new builds).
 
I’m seeing pretty large diminishing returns once you move past the gen 2 little bastard.

I have gen 2 LB, Gen 2 FB, Gen 3 LB, and Gen 3 FB.

Not a ton of difference in any of them. I may just go back to 100% gen 2 LB’s.
 
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I’m seeing pretty large diminishing returns once you move past the gen 2 little bastard.

I have gen 2 LB, Gen 2 FB, Gen 3 LB, and Gen 3 FB.

Not a ton of difference in any of them. I may just go back to 100% gen 2 LB’s.
Any new research on which is best? I'm considering between the APA fat B and the 419 sidewinder. Love the podcast btw keep up the good work!
 
I put a Fat Bastard on my Dads G2 recon 308. It works great. I would go with a 419 hellfire now. Put two of those on my friends AR’s and I’m impressed.

more or less preference of what you want. My dad wanted very little felt recoil. Hell of a back blast.
 
I was just out at the range yesterday and I felt the little one port breaks on my buddy's 5.56 AR's blasted the shooter more than the heathen on my 308. It was also my friends daughter's first time shooting at distance and I really think the break helped this 70lb-at-most girl control the rifle and was almost immediately ringing steel consistently.

I personally only looked at self-timing breaks so I could remove it for hunting, which didn't happen last season, so my heathen has had ~600 rounds though it in the last year after being installed(almost to the day according to this thread). Hasn't moved, honestly hasn't really even gotten dirty. If I remember correctly it shifted my zero about a mil down so I would be curious to see if that stayed consistent after removal.

I honestly don't think you can go wrong with any of the breaks designed around precision shooting. I would really like to try the area 419 breaks but I've read they are similar to what I have.
Good luck I know this probably didn't help much
 
I prefer this one

 
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