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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 1681349" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>Unless you truly intend to focus on long range...600 yards plus...you will not notice a meaningful difference in performance 24 vs 26 in. Run the numbers. My first long range rifle was a 300WM with a 26in barrel. Now I have a 338 Edge with a 30" barrel. So as soon as I toast the barrel on my 300WM it will get rebarreled to 24" in a lighter contour as a more packable rifle. If I want to shoot 600 yards plus I'll carry the 14.5lb 338. If I plan on more general hunting I can make a much lighter 300WM, which can be shot unbraked.</p><p></p><p>If you must have one rifle to do everything I'd stick with a 26" barrel. Otherwise, except at long ranges, you aren't giving up that much from a practical perspective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 1681349, member: 1656"] Unless you truly intend to focus on long range...600 yards plus...you will not notice a meaningful difference in performance 24 vs 26 in. Run the numbers. My first long range rifle was a 300WM with a 26in barrel. Now I have a 338 Edge with a 30" barrel. So as soon as I toast the barrel on my 300WM it will get rebarreled to 24" in a lighter contour as a more packable rifle. If I want to shoot 600 yards plus I'll carry the 14.5lb 338. If I plan on more general hunting I can make a much lighter 300WM, which can be shot unbraked. If you must have one rifle to do everything I'd stick with a 26" barrel. Otherwise, except at long ranges, you aren't giving up that much from a practical perspective. [/QUOTE]
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