Muzzle Brake??

[Colorado Luckydog]

So if you have a muzzle brake on a hunting rifle and remove it and put a cap on it, how much can that affect your POI? What I'm getting at is, could you practice with the brake and then remove it, cap it and still be able to go hunting? Or would you need to re-zero?

 

[Supersubes]

Exact magnitude of a shift depends on a lot of factors, but yes you will have a shift. It should be repeatable though. It could be inches of difference at 100 yds.

 

[spife7980]

So if you have a muzzle brake on a hunting rifle and remove it and put a cap on it, how much can that affect your POI? What I'm getting at is, could you practice with the brake and then remove it, cap it and still be able to go hunting? Or would you need to re-zero?

Id always rezero (or confirm) when changing something.

Its a whole lot easier when you know where a rifle is shooting rather than guessing.