I'm looking to take my 7mm rem mag to the states to hunt. My rile has a suppressor but reading the temporary importation rules looks like suppressors aren't allowed So looking to buy a muzzle break and take that instead as I think they are allowed. Has anyone taken a muzzle break to hunt in the states recently?

They're legal and everywhere.
Why would you want to expose yourself or others to such a loud blast? Just to screw up someones' hearing. The recoil from a 7mmag isn't much.
Sure nothing to merit the blast to everyone's ears.

George

It has nothing to do with the recoil, it has to do with seeing your target.

Yes, they are legal in all places in the US and Canada. There are no import restrictions or even questions about them.

Don't just buy one and screw it on. It should be checked by someone that can ensure it is aligned to the bore of the rifle. Just to be safe.

I'm sure your silencer is aligned, so little risk, but better safe than sorry.

As noted, they do make it louder for the shooter, so wear hearing protection, even at the shot in the field.

Jeremy

I have a couple of rifles prepped for a suppressor. The device attached to the end of the barrel upon which the suppressor is attached acts as a muzzle brake when shot without the suppressor. At least on mine.

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Originally posted by georgeld:
They're legal and everywhere.
Why would you want to expose yourself or others to such a loud blast? Just to screw up someones' hearing. The recoil from a 7mmag isn't much.
Sure nothing to merit the blast to everyone's ears.

George

Like an unbraked rifle is safe for hearing? I am now at the point where I wear plugs when hunting just about everything. Had plugs in when I hunted coyotes Saturday, and no, that rifle has no break.

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I am now at the point where I wear plugs when hunting just about everything

Even better is electronic protection.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:

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I am now at the point where I wear plugs when hunting just about everything

Even better is electronic protection.

What do you recommend for that PD? Been thinking about moving in that direction.

My latest set is a pair of walker razors.

They work well.

Howard Light Impact amplified ear muffs is what I use.

They are very popular in 3

As to the muzzle brake.....get one and check your point of impact before you hunt and enjoy.

I think its funny how many people shun the use of a brake..... I love them

I have two Browning's with the BOSS system and have not and will not use the break. Kenny Jarrett of Jarrett Rifles said they can improve accuracy. I don't need one. IMO, I think they are obnoxious.

Get a thread protector and call it good. Who feels recoil while shooting at critters?

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Originally posted by ted thorn:
I think its funny how many people shun the use of a brake..... I love them

I shoot often enough that ear protection has become just second nature. Depending on what I am shooting I'll use muffs, molded plugs or foam plugs...even if I'm only shooting .22 RF.

I do most of my hunting alone and just wear foam plugs, even with my KDF braked .300 Weatherby. When I'm on a guided hunt I carry a full package of foam plugs and offer them to the guide and trackers.

The more powder a cartridge burns the louder it's report will be, with or without a muzzle brake.

I think offering plugs to guide or whoever is around you is the considerate thing to do. Not that the report on a non-braked rifle can't be loud, a brake just compounds it. I think its funny that poster of thread is contemplating brake when using suppressor.

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Originally posted by anotherkiwi:
My rile has a suppressor but reading the temporary importation rules looks like suppressors aren't allowed So looking to buy a muzzle break and take that instead as I think they are allowed.

Like another poster, I suggest a simple thread protector.

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Even better is electronic protection.

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What do you recommend for that PD? Been thinking about moving in that direction.

Electronic ear muffs are heavy, hot, and sweaty. I don't recommend muffs (electronic or otherwise) for hunting. Good but inexpensive amplifying ear plugs work much better in my experience. I think you can find them for under $30, which is cheaper than most muffs.

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Originally posted by ismith:
Get a thread protector and call it good. Who feels recoil while shooting at critters?

Cheaper, no noise increase, no worry about alignment...

I use plugs on a string around my neck and I have give them to the PHs and guides Ive worked with...Sometimes I don't have time to stick them in my ears and so be it, Im not messing with hearing when an elk or dear is waiting to be shot...I would not hunt DG with hearing protection, rather be a tad deaf than stomped or chewed into eternity..

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I would not hunt DG with hearing protection, rather be a tad deaf than stomped or chewed into eternity..

Electronic protection increases your hearing and could very well save you from getting stomped.

I read a study about bear mauling I think it was in outdoor life.

The results were older hunters getting mauled more often.

The researchers thought poor hearing was involved they couldn't hear the sounds leading up to the attack.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:

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I would not hunt DG with hearing protection, rather be a tad deaf than stomped or chewed into eternity..

Electronic protection increases your hearing and could very well save you from getting stomped.

I read a study about bear mauling I think it was in outdoor life.

The results were older hunters getting mauled more often.

The researchers thought poor hearing was involved they couldn't hear the sounds leading up to the attack.

I haven't heard that. But then, after a lifetime of shooting, there are a lot of things I haven't heard .