We shoot varmint target and then some form of challenge target. All at 300 yds. You could use flag but they are pretty much useless at our range. Elevated shooting benches to elevated target shooting down a tree lined valley, it's weird...
Running a local match,... how to deal with muzzle brakes?
- Thread starter Lefty Trigger
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On a side note, for those who would like to minimize blast can try out a linear comp. I have one ( kaw valley) on my 16in 223 carbine and the effect is incredible. I did a test when i first got it and fired my carbine once out in the open with it attached and no earplugs. I felt zero blast and my abused ear drums didnt ring afterwards. I could have shot it again with no ill effects. Then for comparison I removed it and fired another shot and received a sharp blast on my left face and instant very sharp pain in left ear. It took about 6 days for my old ear to heal up again. That particular linear comp does the trick. It is not heavy or oversize and I cannot imagine it affecting accuracy once a load is tuned for it. Just don't hear much about them? Wonder why? Yes they dont reduce jump but do reduce perceived recoil.
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ronsatspokane
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Squad them together and let them concuss each other. And score them in a separate class.
This is probably the 500th page on this subject. Owner of range makes decision and everyone lives by it. My range has plywood barriers between each bench. Sheet of plywood cut in half, two door hinges connect the two halves so they fold flat if needed. Unfold into V shape between benches with the point facing down range. This throws the blast to the front. works really good when brakes are not used also. My longrange bench rest clay bird matches allow brakes but when I was having Fly Matches brakes were not allowed as per Australian rules. Put up barriers and or put braked guns in one relay or ban them. We generally had some young shooter using mom or dads rifle. Without a brake it was too much for them.
As far as Ar15 style rifles, I’ve only had a few show up and some left before the match after they saw the rifles/rests they were competing agains. the ones that stayed never came a second time.
As far as Ar15 style rifles, I’ve only had a few show up and some left before the match after they saw the rifles/rests they were competing agains. the ones that stayed never came a second time.
jackieschmidt
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Mike, off subject, but there is a rumor that you might start up your Matches again.
Doug Beach
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If you are so inconsiderate that you can’t unscrew a brake before shooting next to someone, you have already demonstrated that you don’t play well with others. If it’s all about you, play by yourself.
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Don't matter to me either way. Had my hat blown off and blown a few off myself. When that shot is about to go off a plane could crash in the parking lot and I'd not know it till after the shot.
If I golfed I'd be more like Happy Gilmore. Guess it's what we are used to and how you play.
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If I golfed I'd be more like Happy Gilmore. Guess it's what we are used to and how you play.
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Judd
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@mikecockcroft speaking of rumors, I hear there is a pretty good Huntsville shooter that used to call me a kitty for my affliction for the radial brakes on my 22 and 6’s now using one. Any truth to that rumor?
Thanks for always accommodating me and my kitty brake
. Glad to hear you’ve seen the light.For the rest of the geriatrics and haters…Mike’s barriers work and if you really were interested in growing the sports you participate in and not seeming like unwelcoming jerks you’d figure out a way to accommodate.
Also, I get the registered stuff needing to go by the rules…but they are dated.
Yup.
6BRA
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This means you better have a load for the gun without the brake. I knew the answer..just saying it ain't quite so simple unless you shooting pie plates. Put them at opposite end. They will learn through time on their own. Sport needs as many as it can get as our rights are eroding. Ear protection in the form of muffs helps.
I knew you did. saunaking
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See post #127. When visiting a neighbor, you don't demand that they have a certain beer to drink that is your favorite. A brake in certain shooting diciplines gives an advantage to that shooter. Traditions are there for a reason, and should be kept. Not a geriatric or a hater of brakes; just don't want them on the line in a registered match that says they aren't part of equipment to have a fair match.
There’s a few threads floating around talking about dwindling participation at organized matches. Hmmmmmm? I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that when you get a group of people together, there’s always this kind of thing. Happens every time. Consistent as gravity.
We did not solve this problem here. In my view the brakes should be allowed on a separate day. It does not suffice to separate them with plywood. We tried that, it's not efficient. I was shooting a match this year next to a guy shooting 338lm with a brake. After our series my rifle and myself were covered with sand like montgomery at el allamain.
jackieschmidt
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You are correct. Nothing has changed.
Rude and inconsiderate behavior permeates all forms of human activity.
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