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Should I Stop?

Hi All,
I am in hopes that I will hear from several of you guy's, giving me your views.
Sometime a year or so back I bought a 260AI barrel here in the classifies, for a good price! I know that this will sound strange, but it is what it is! I am not upset about my buy, I just need some advice! The barrel is a very low round count Lilija 8 twist 260 AI. barrel. It came to me in a H.D. tube so I didn't see the need to take it out of the tube. As I was gathering the parts to finish the build I had talk to man that builds the best muzzle break that a person can get for reducing recoil. I have a real bad back and can't take any recoil!! The other day I decided to do a mock up with the parts I have. To my surprise I pull the barrel out of the tube to find that I bought a pencil barrel. Just to make it clear, I am not upset at all!
When talking to the muzzle break guy, I thought we were working with a larger dia. barrel, my question is: will I be throwing money away messing with this pencil barrel (I can't have recoil) okay, bigger around barrel will have less recoil that the pencil barrel, so I guess what I am asking is: Will I be able to get almost the same reduced recoil as I would with larger dia. barrel? or should I look for a different barrel?
Thanks a bunch for your time, and I hope to here from several of you folks?
Greg
 
The diameter of the barrel has little to do with the recoil reduction a brake offers........
 
You can add some weight in the forearm of the stock by routing out some material under the barrel and filling with bird shot mixed with a more liquid type of epoxy (Accraglas springs to mind). If this is a match rifle where you will be wanting to shoot shot strings for 15-25 rounds at a stretch, a thinner profile will probably not work for you as your point of impact will 'walk' a bit as the barrel heats up.
 
Thank you guys! I am great full for your replies. I wasn't for sure how much recoil a 260AI has? I just didn't want to put a lot of money on threading the end of the barrel and then have a break made and put on it!
Watercam, No I won't ever shoot a match, I only shoot by my self, I don't get out as much as I want, no one to blame but
myself.
Thanks
Greg
 

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