Muzzle Break
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kittykiller
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I have a APA Gen 3 on my 6.5 and love it. Recoil is nothing and there is zero muzzle jump.
Cans are pretty great though if you've got the time and funds.
Cans are pretty great though if you've got the time and funds.
tailchasers
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Brake it...
"Courage is being scared to death but
saddling up anyway."
"Courage is being scared to death but
saddling up anyway."
RELH
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If you put a brake on that rifle, be prepared to wear hearing protection on EVERY SHOT. If you don't, every time you fire a round without hearing protection you will loose a small amount of hearing. That hearing lost will accumulate until in later years you will need hearing aids.
RELH
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elkassassin
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Ain't never been a Man'Bun Gun that needed a Brake!
I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces
It Ain't Easy being Me!
I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces
It Ain't Easy being Me!
Focoelkman
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This
>Looking at getting a little bastard
>muzzle break for my 6.5
>creedmore. Anyone ever had one
>and what are your thoughts
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>Thanks
I have no experience with the little bastard muzzle brake specifically. However, the factory brake on my 6.5 Ruger Precision significantly reduces recoil, I mean to the point where I barely feel it. To echo what others have said, it does increase report. So +1 on the suggestions to always wear hearing protection.
You will not make any friends at the range, however. Unless other shooters are at least 15' away from you, the muzzle blast will generate complaints. Prepare to apologize profusely or ask for station furthest away from other shooters.
>muzzle break for my 6.5
>creedmore. Anyone ever had one
>and what are your thoughts
>
>
>Thanks
I have no experience with the little bastard muzzle brake specifically. However, the factory brake on my 6.5 Ruger Precision significantly reduces recoil, I mean to the point where I barely feel it. To echo what others have said, it does increase report. So +1 on the suggestions to always wear hearing protection.
You will not make any friends at the range, however. Unless other shooters are at least 15' away from you, the muzzle blast will generate complaints. Prepare to apologize profusely or ask for station furthest away from other shooters.
+1 on the hearing protecting on every shot. A break directs muzzle blast back and makes it way louder at the shooters ears. I don't like to wear hearing protection while hunting so don't like breaks while hunting. Taking them off usually affects point of impact, so check the zero if you take the break off to hunt.
desperatehills
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I agree with elkoholic. Brakes are miserable at the range but I never even think about it when shooting at a critter
Stillwater165
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Just my own opinion but putting a brake on a creedmore??? For what reason ? They don't have any recoil anyway. My kids shoot harder kicking rifles , very well !
chipc
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I would echo what most have said. The risk / reward for putting a brake on a 6.5 isn't even close. You won't notice the noise when you're shooting at game but it will cause the same amount of damage to your ears if you don't have protection. The recoil from a 6.5 is 20 % less than a .270 ! (9.9 foot # vs 12# both with 140 gr. bullets). Unless you have a physical disability I would think that would be very manageable.
Adventurewriter
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Less recoil equals better shooting...love mine on my & mag and .270 BUUUUU as stated ALWAYS wear ear protection...
Flatbrimmer
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I put a brake on my .204 ruger. I kickes about as hard as my red rider now.
The_Coloradoboy
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I have multiple apa little bastards on my guns and would highly recommend them. I run breaks on all my guns clear down to 6mm creedmoor. Reason being is a break reduces muzzle jump which allows for better follow through and the ability to spot shots.
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snoodafruff
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Go with a can. Hearing protection optional.....just kidding......always wear protection, but you get the point.
BGbasbhat
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Pretty cool study I read awhile back. It may help in your choice.
[https://precisionrifleblog.com/2015/08/21/muzzle-brake-summary-of-field-test-results/]
"...I'd rather be tried by twelve than carried by six..."
[https://precisionrifleblog.com/2015/08/21/muzzle-brake-summary-of-field-test-results/]
"...I'd rather be tried by twelve than carried by six..."
bullskin
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I put a muzzle brake on my 300 winchester years ago and fired one box of cartridges through it without hearing protection. Stupidest thing I ever did. It felt like someone stuck a needle in my ear and I lost 50% of my left ear hearing that day. The fact is, there is nothing in the US that requires a cartridge so large that a muzzle brake is necessary to shoot it.
I'm in the don't see the need camp. My wife and sisters, all who have had very little experience behind a rifle, have shot the 6.5 and aren't bothered in the slightest by the recoil. I can already spot impacts without a brake, so I just don't see the need on that cartridge. Especially with the fact that I don't want to be worrying about hearing protection when I'm hunting.
Of course, especially in rough country, the chamber should be empty. But if you ever use the rifle as a makeshift hiking staff for an occasional climb up steep stuff, the muzzle sometimes is at eye level. Think about an accidental discharge should you have one in the pipe with a break....
