James3 wrote:Thank you Hoot, I was not patient enough to wait for the approval. After many hours of research last night I have now become confused as to which brand or type of comp is better. It seems to boil down to 1 piece or 2 piece comps. Do any of them actually help with noise to the shooter and those standing next to him? I don't want to be "one of those guys" at the shooting range. I wear hearing protection when hunting so not as concerned there. Thanks again Hoot, James3
I am "one of those guys" at the local gun club. We pay membership dues to use the facility and there are big signs everywhere requiring hearing protection. I know some people demand the right to hurt themselves in the interest of
Freedom but we don't ask much of them in the way of safety. Besides, if there's no admin people around, which is quite common during the work week or when its blue arse cold like now, they can do as they please. Its an honor system with no Range Officers present.
I don't own any linear compensators, so I'll wait for others who do, to wade in. There are a number of members here who do like and use them. There are also members who don't mind the recoil with no compensator on their rigs. Being such a large bore, straight walled round, the lion's share of perceived recoil with the 450b is the result of Newton's 3rd Law, not nearly as much from the "rocket effect" encountered with bottleneck calibers, especially overbore ones. So, the benefit from either kind of brakes is less pronounced. The classic
Holland design, AKA
Ross Brake, that many of us use, do help somewhat but its not like night and day, such as with my 300 Win Mag.
Hoot