Ghost Dog wrote:Just thinking ot loud, since I don't have a Ross brake yet.
1. Doesn't seem that hard to switch out, Ross for the range, Izzy for hunting.
Correct if I'm wrong because I haven't done it yet.
2. My biggest concern: how would that effect your trajectory or POI.
Seems like it would.
I'd be inclined to agree WRT #2. That certainly has been my experience, although the 450b is hard to throw off a lot.
A fellow who goes by the handle "warped" on another forum, has a company called WCI and he makes a pepper pot type brake that is designed to produce less noise, while providing plenty of brake effect. 50 Beowulf owners are running it and have spoken highly of its effectiveness with less of the deafening sound effect you attribute to an effective brake. Of course, 9 out of 10 brake manufacturers make the same claim that theirs is not as loud.
Bottom line is regardless of who makes it, the noise heads off in the direction of the gas. If the gas isn't going away from you, most of the noise isn't either.
To clarify on a point made earlier. The gas does not have to be angled backwards for a brake to be effective, though that certainly can add to it's effectiveness. It just needs to not be going straight out the end of the barrel, to reduce the rearward thrust.
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