Working to pressure

RichCoyle

Hammer Time Executive member
After a muzzle brake failure I decided it was going to shoot the rifle anymore except for one five shot group at 100 yards. The recoil was so severe moving me back 8 to 10 in so I only fired three shots. I guess I'm a sissy boy.
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Anyway, salmon river solutions in Idaho sent me a new brake. After I installed it since I fired 500 rounds I thought I would work up to pressure again. The rifle is 26-in barrel eight twist 338 Remington ultra Mag neck to 7 mm using 300 Remington ultramag brass to get that extra 100 thousands end neck length primers are Winchester large rifle magnum primers powder came from a paper keg from world war II containing h4831. The load start with 87.5 grains and went to 89.5 grains. Velocity went from 3,605 to 3,704 feet per second. With a tape measure, the group look like 5/8".
 

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Weird. I’m hoping my SRS TiPro on my 338 RUM doesn’t do that.

When they sent me another one, the guy said that they sold 10,000 of that particular brake and only two had that happen.

I was surprised at how it opened up the group. And even more surprised by how much recoil since for years everything I shoot has a brake.
 
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