Muzzlebrake a good idea?

[Skinny Shooter]

Originally posted by L. Cooper
Shooting already damages your hearing every time you pull the trigger without hearing protection. Why would you increase that damage on purpose?

Exactly.

I'd never shoot a modern gun larger than a 22 without some sort of ear protection off the bench or while hunting.
Doesn't matter if it's a record buck. If I can't get my muffs on or plugs inserted then so be it. The animal walks. My hearing is already damaged and an animal isn't worth it.
And for those folks who only take that one shot at a deer without protection think about that ringing in your ears after the next time you do it.
Or better yet, when you go to bed tonight and all is quiet, do you hear silence or is there a ringing sound? I'll never get that ringing sound out of mine. That comes not only from gunfire but from straight pipes on my Can-Am motocrosser and even the lawnmower when I was a kid and didn't know better.

Dittos Big Brother.
Brakes do have their use. OlSparks 300 Tomahawk and Boyd's 300 RUM were very manageable with a brake. Especially the Tomahawk.