Lot of guys on here seem to like compensator over the brakes for some reason. Believe it or not but from most of our testing up here with farkle, Most are about the same range from the side and behind. its just most brakes get a bad wrap do to everyone saying how much louder they are. I believe its because many go from no device to a brake and yes that will be a huge difference but from our testing (kac, battle comp, jp bc, and others) they only vary 1-3 db from each other. Considering I have no clue when my next fire fight or cqb will be with a 14lb 308, ill stick to my JB BC brake for the comfort of recoil. I wear electronic muffs anyways when I hunt so no biggie. Its a good brake for anyone that is interested; my 223 bolt rifle kick harder than my 308ar