![]() ![]() If there's snow on the ground like right now, not so much a problem with the latter. So far, the only drawback I've found from my muffs, actually two, is the difficulty keeping them sealed while achieving a good cheek weld and the distraction from amplified leaf rustle or squirrel activity while hunting. I have shot it from the bench without my limbsaver or the brake in a tee shirt and it only took a few rounds to leave a checkerboard bruise on my shoulder. I've burned through as many as 60 rounds of 450b in one range session, in a tee shirt and was no worse for wear and tear afterword. If you're load testing at the range with 50 rounds that need firing, then anything beneficial is welcome. Do you need a muzzle brake on the 450b? Nope. I have let other shooters try my 450b and can testify that the sound from my Ross Brake is lot worse off to the side as opposed to immediately behind. No way I would consider hunting with my 450b and no hearing protection, even out in the open. Can't stand them in warmer months though, hence the plugs. ) and the muffs have an added benefit of keeping my ears warm. It's almost always blue arse cold up here during deer season ( We're slated to see our first below zero temps Friday night. Anyway, I bought a set of camouflage, directional electronic muffs which I wear deer hunting. That seems to be some odd manifestation of efficacy jinx. Up until the water shot incident, I had never shot my 450b, nor any other firearm in the past 30 years without hearing protection and had not had the opportunity to drop the 450b hammer on a deer. Not so sure in the case of hogs as we don't have that blight upon us yet up here. In the case of white tail deer, the 200gr bullet at a modest 2200-2300fps is plenty of gun for woods hunting. That depends upon what load I'm experimenting with. I use all of the above except the reduced loads. It helps with inline recoil as well, but as I said, not so much with this caliber. ![]() To me the greatest benefit is reducing muzzle climb for a quicker return to aim. If like me, you use a tight cheek weld on your stock, they also reduce slap to your cheek bone, which can rattle your thoughts for a second.Ĥ) Muzzle Brake. ![]() The 450b is deadly at any speed due to its frontal area.Ģ) A real effective recoil pad like the SIMS Limbsaver.ģ) More weight, especially weights using tuned reciprocating springs in the stock. If I had to rank perceived recoil reduction techniques, they would be in this order:ġ) Reduced Loads. Now my AR15 in 300 WSSM, (150gr 3k fps) that caliber really benefited from a brake and it had a secondary benefit of chasing shooters away on either side of my shooting bench position. That does not describe the 450b in the slightest. Brakes are more effective in over bore smaller calibers with a lot "rocket effect". I have experimented with and without the brake. Don't underestimate being able to hear immediately following a shot on big game. Had I shot a deer which did not drop right there, no way I could have heard which direction he was running afterward through the woods. I am usually emphatic about protecting my hearing which fortunately, is still excellent. Too late to help my temporary deafness, which took between 10 and 20 minutes to subside then followed by tinnitus in one ear for 5-10 minutes longer. Sound there has a tendency to bounce off the concrete pad, ceiling and walls at each end. I was shooting under a flat plywood ceiling about 7 ft high, beneath the roof over the shooting positions on the rifle range. I was the only shooter on the range at the time. A while later, he left and I went back to testing, but forgot to put the plugs back in as I took my plugs out to talk to him without shouting. several years ago, I was doing water shots and while setting up another shot, a club member walked up and was asking about my experiments. ![]()
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