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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 535673" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>It does a little, but the 7/08 like the 308 does not need a long barrel to perform.</p><p></p><p>My favorite 7/08 has a 22 " Lilja and my hunting load velocity with a 120 ballistic tip</p><p>is 3150 ft/sec. using Varget </p><p></p><p>Most will reach top velocities with a 24"barrel but a 26" will get a little more.</p><p></p><p>The first 7/08 I owned had a 18.5" barrel and I installed a 20" and only gained about 35 ft/sec.</p><p></p><p>The next one I built I tried a 23" barrel and saw a little more velocity but after many shots I</p><p>set the shoulder back and re-crowned the barrel to 22" and did not loose hardly anything.</p><p></p><p>So it appears that 22 to 24" is about the optimum barrel length for hunting and 26 to 28"</p><p>barrels will get all the velocity possible for target shooting.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 535673, member: 2736"] It does a little, but the 7/08 like the 308 does not need a long barrel to perform. My favorite 7/08 has a 22 " Lilja and my hunting load velocity with a 120 ballistic tip is 3150 ft/sec. using Varget Most will reach top velocities with a 24"barrel but a 26" will get a little more. The first 7/08 I owned had a 18.5" barrel and I installed a 20" and only gained about 35 ft/sec. The next one I built I tried a 23" barrel and saw a little more velocity but after many shots I set the shoulder back and re-crowned the barrel to 22" and did not loose hardly anything. So it appears that 22 to 24" is about the optimum barrel length for hunting and 26 to 28" barrels will get all the velocity possible for target shooting. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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