270 with muzzlebreak question

[ktex]

I have the opportunity to buy a 270 with a muzzlebreak at great price. It's fixed not the screw on type. How much louder is it going to be? I practice with hearing protection but rarely use it in the field. Will I have to use hearing protection for 1 or 2 shots in a hunting situation?

[brokeno]

L o u d. You will need hearing protection

[Black Ice]

I have the opportunity to buy a 270 with a muzzlebreak at great price. It's fixed not the screw on type. How much louder is it going to be? I practice with hearing protection but rarely use it in the field. Will I have to use hearing protection for 1 or 2 shots in a hunting situation?

I would recommend it. Hunting out of a 4x6 blind and shooting out of the opposite window with a .280 AI with a brake on it will make you wish you had heating protection.


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[Etxbuckman]

My dad’s 30-06 is ported and I made the mistake of shooting it once without hearing protection. My God it was loud. My ears rang for over an hour. I will never do that again.

My buddy has a .270 with a brake and he will not under any circumstances shoot it without hearing protection.

[boy wonder]

Could you cover the brake and just have the regular noise? Hearing protection is still recommended.

[Low Fence]

It will be slightly quieter than an atomic bomb..... slightly

Wear ear protection

[Outback77]

I probably should, but in a hunting situation I rarely notice mine. Now at the range, there’s no way I could shoot without ears on.

[jeffpg]

In my haste while exhausted from a all night sit in a Leopard blind I forgot my ear protection and fired a 300 Win Mag on a zebra in Africa and man that hurt. I dropped the zebra but it was hardly worth the pain and temporary deafness that followed.

I also forgot once and touched off a round from one of my 28 Noslers and it hurt bad. It’s not just a loud noise, it’s downright painful!

I did take a pronghorn with my 270 that has a muzzle break a few years ago without hearing protection and I don’t believe it was as bad as the magnums were but it’s still bad enough.

There’s no telling how much permanent hearing loss you suffer from doing that. Don’t do it.

[ktex]

I appreciate the advice.

[careybirdwell]

I shot a 300WM with muzzlebreak on it a few years ago, I will not do it again. Ears were ringing for sometime, and I was in open field. I can imagine shooting one in a blind

[Southernhunters]

It’s noticeably louder than without the brake. For range situations you should always wear hearing protection regardless of what you are shooting! In the field I doubt you’ll even notice the noise...I never do!


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[glen]

Kids have a 270 and a 30-06 with brakes and they are brutal. I know this and carry and wear hearing protection.

[joevillars]

300 win mag with a brake. It is brutally loud with out protection


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[double bogey]

You may not notice shooting at an animal, but you will suffer damage. My dad had a .270 Vanguard with a muzzle brake, and you could set it on sandbags and shoot it, and the gun would move back 3 inches. That is without anything but a finger on the trigger. Very effective. He had it installed due to arthritis in his right shoulder.
I had a brake on a browning .300 winmag. With light bullets, it still had lots of recoil. but shoot 200gr or over, and the brake became very effective, seemed to me to kick like a .243.
I got over the heavy caliber bug for deer. Every single animal I shot with that gun ran. I recovered them all, but had to track several that got out of my sight. The worst was a turkey I shot right through the middle. I know this was unusual, and this is an animal stomping caliber, but I had bad luck with it.

Sorry for a little bit of post drift. You will really like the brake at the range. And if gets you shooting more, it will be worth it.

[bboswell]

You will need hear protection with a break but a 270 doesn’t need a break unless for a small child.

Ditch the break!