@Ryan Avery @Unknown Suppressors sent me a NHS to use and review.
I got a hold of it Tuesday. It went on my 6 Dasher, which is a pretty standard PRS build (21ish lbs, MPA chassis, etc etc).
Took it to the range Friday to zero and do a little practice. After the first string I could tell I 100% was going to want to reduce mirage, so it got a wrap.
I've shot this rifle lots with both APA gen 3 Little Bastards and more recently a TBAC Magnus (pre-RR). I had to put the Magnus on for a night match, I left it on because it was more pleasant and because I think the concussion hurt my ability to spot shots more than the difference in recoil and muzzle rise.
The long and short of it is this NHS gives similar recoil characteristics to the brake, but without any concussion and with little enough noise to be a non-factor while wearing any single level of ear pro. It's just what I hoped it would be, it strongly reduces recoil and eliminates muzzle rise with Dasher powder levels. I would bet in an instrumented test it is slightly less in pure recoil reduction than the most aggressive brakes. When it comes to the overall dynamics of spotting your shots I'd favor the NHS vs anything I've personally used.
Shot a match with it Saturday and let some fellow competitors try it out too. They were impressed; I think some were underestimating it due to the size of the ports vs say a TBAC RR or Recoil X. In this case, port size isn't a good proxy for performance.
I'll be shooting it a whole lot more and keeping any new thoughts here. If you have any questions I'll do my best to answer them.
I got a hold of it Tuesday. It went on my 6 Dasher, which is a pretty standard PRS build (21ish lbs, MPA chassis, etc etc).
Took it to the range Friday to zero and do a little practice. After the first string I could tell I 100% was going to want to reduce mirage, so it got a wrap.
I've shot this rifle lots with both APA gen 3 Little Bastards and more recently a TBAC Magnus (pre-RR). I had to put the Magnus on for a night match, I left it on because it was more pleasant and because I think the concussion hurt my ability to spot shots more than the difference in recoil and muzzle rise.
The long and short of it is this NHS gives similar recoil characteristics to the brake, but without any concussion and with little enough noise to be a non-factor while wearing any single level of ear pro. It's just what I hoped it would be, it strongly reduces recoil and eliminates muzzle rise with Dasher powder levels. I would bet in an instrumented test it is slightly less in pure recoil reduction than the most aggressive brakes. When it comes to the overall dynamics of spotting your shots I'd favor the NHS vs anything I've personally used.
Shot a match with it Saturday and let some fellow competitors try it out too. They were impressed; I think some were underestimating it due to the size of the ports vs say a TBAC RR or Recoil X. In this case, port size isn't a good proxy for performance.
I'll be shooting it a whole lot more and keeping any new thoughts here. If you have any questions I'll do my best to answer them.
