Hunting Rifle Muzzle Break

If only I could get one.................

If you can own a gun, you can own a suppressor.

How quite would a 7 mag be with a suppressor? Never even been around someone shooting a suppressed gun. How loud is the bullet going to be braking the sound barrier?

Supersonic centerfire rifle calibers, from a sound suppressor, sound about like a .22mag or loud .22lr to me. Still sounds like a gunshot, and you can really hear the supersonic crack of the bullet, but it eliminates the boom and side blast entirely.

My thoughts as well. I can't see hunting with a suppressor though. Too front heavy and not necessary for most applications. I do think you could pull off some "risky" hunting with one however. Read that how you want.

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Originally Posted by Circuits

Supersonic centerfire rifle calibers, from a sound suppressor, sound about like a .22mag or loud .22lr to me. Still sounds like a gunshot, and you can really hear the supersonic crack of the bullet, but it eliminates the boom and side blast entirely.

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Originally Posted by Dinosdeuce

There are pros and cons. You will have to decide if that is what you want. Find some one who has rifle with a brake and shoot it. I have a custom rifle made by High Tech here in town. I wanted a light rifle in 7mm WSM..... With the brake the recoil is like a .243 I have all the confidence in the world that what ever I put the cross hairs on I will harvest.

I shoot my .300, no brake, around 40 rds a year. The recoil is tolerable......

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I had a light weight boat paddle stock Ruger KM-77 All Weather in 300 Win Mag.
Nobody could shoot more than 10 rounds without shoulder bruising.

I had High Tech put a comp/brake on at and it was tamer than a 270. They stated it would be like a 243, but I disagree. They cut and threaded my barrel and the comp screwed on. The seam was almost invisable.
It became a gun I could then shoot more than 20 rounds at a sitting.

Noise.....didn't matter. I always have hearing protection.

I no longer have that gun or any gun with a comp. I just buy heavier guns in the heavier calibers and a comp is not needed. I now shoot a Remy Sendero in 300 Win Mag and I can shoot it all day.... but decked out it is about 14#'s.

If the Weatherby is a gun you like, in a caliber you like and the recoil is not tolerable... a comp will definately tame it.
As far as guides not liking the comps... so what.Tell them to cover their ears when you are about to shoot and/or stand behind you like they shoud to be safe when someone is shooting.

I might be biased though; I don't use guides. Probably because I can't afford them.