I would recommend using your muzzle brake. They help tame recoil like nothing else I have ever tried. If you can afford the outlay, I would put a good quality scope like a Leupold. Those with the custom dial that tunes it to the load you shoot would be a great help for bullet drop compensation; letting you concentrate on doping the wind. If you are going to be shooting up hill or down hill, remember the further off horizontal you move the higher the bullet strike will be no matter if up or down hill. The shooter still has to choose how much that rise will effect the outcome. I doubt I am telling you anything you don't already know, but a little reminding never hurts.