Thread: NZ Hunting Adventures

Originally Posted by yogi

It looks like it still boots enough even with a muzzle brake.
They are a pricey enough rifle.

We use both a can and the factory brake on this rifle, depending on where we're hunting and who with. When I was shooting the rifle on the bench, it was with the can, not the brake, so that's why there's a lot more rearward movement. Personally I would not put a directional angled port brake on a walkabout hunting rifle up to and including this amount of recoil, when we are going to be carrying the rifle without a brake so we can spook and shoot without hearing protection and not do too much damage to our ears, then wind the brake on in a hurry for a long shot when we have time to put in plugs, and not have to worry about a directional brake not indexing properly. Do not shoot any braked rifle, especially an angled port, without hearing protection.
The angled port brakes like KGs and ours and others are very good at reducing recoil, but they do direct more blast back at the shooter and spotter off to his side, so we don't use them unless we need the extra recoil reduction on heavy recoiling magnums - and to us that is bigger than a factory 7mm Mag. If you're shooting in a flat desert or very dusty situations the downward ports of a radial can blow more sand around, but in typical NZ big game hunting situations where often the muzzle is hanging over the edge of a rock or bank, this isn't an issue.
So horses for courses - but in our opinion, the factory radial brake is good enough on this calibre, and does have some advantages - one of which is you get it for free with the rifle!

Typically, is there a point of impact shift between the brake on and the brake off?

Thanks

Was that the Carbonite his wife Fiona had slung over her shoulder when she slipped on her ass?

Originally Posted by sako75

Was that the Carbonite his wife Fiona had slung over her shoulder when she slipped on her ass?

Was wondering the same

Yep Tahr, there usually is. About 2 MOA lower with the can on this rifle. But its repeatable and easily allowed for.
And yes, Fi was carrying the CarbonLite when she slipped. Thankfully reliable scope and solid mounts meant no loss of zero!

@GregD

That was an awesome episode. I really enjoyed the banter between you and Fi and the way you mention the cameraman; but he's almost invisible. Nice shot on that last stag; any hunter would be proud of that shot and the head that Fi got to take home.

It's the only thing I record on mysky and always an enjoyable mid week treat.

My wife watched the whole episode after flatly saying "not interested". I think she quite enjoyed it. After seeing how excited they were about that last stag she said "I can now see why you're so happy about the one on the wall".