Whew! You guys are taking my comment about brakes being for sissies way to serious!

If I deem it necessary to put a brake on this thing, I certainly will.

I shot it once today as I didn't have time to do any real shooting. I was quite surprised at the recoil, or rather the lack of recoil. Load was 71.3 gr H4831sc pushing a Berger 175 VLD.

This barrel is pretty meaty. Muzzle measures 0.850" across the flats, so the diameter is a bit more than that. Combined with the 16.5" length, it's rather hefty.

My 30-06 JDJ std taper bbl and my 7RM heavy taper bbl had more recoil than this 30-338 WM barrel does.

I really don't know how it will compare to the 300WM. I've only seen limited velocity figures quoted online, so I am not sure how it'll compare. I would expect my 30-338 to be pretty close to it. Rifle data shows it to be virtually the same as the 300 WM in riffle barrels. I also think the 30-338 case to have higher load densities vs the 300 WM.

Hope to get to the range very soon.

Regards
Rog