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Rebarreling a 308
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1153646" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>I'm in the process of re-barreling my Remington .308, I wanted to stay with the same bolt face for simplicity, and the most performance you can get out of a short action and that bolt face, and to be used for long range hunting. With those specifications, that lead me to the .260 Remington Ackley Improved. The O.A.L. will still fit in the short action (especially my Wyatt's detach mag, max coal of 2.880, instead of 2.830 in my standard Remington short box). In this cartridge, a 140 gr will be around 2950 or so, some get more some get less. That's a killer long range combo, bucks the wind way better than a .308, nearly half the wind actually. </p><p></p><p>A 7mm08 isn't a bad choice either, from the ballistics I have ran the .260 AI outperforms it for longer range somewhat, but getting brass and dies and such is cheaper/easier for the 7mm08 if your not wanting to go through the work for an AI case. </p><p></p><p>If you want all out balls to the wall performance in a short box, and don't mind putting the work into brass forming, get a bolt from PTG with a magnum bolt face, or have yours machined, and go with a 6.5 Sherman Shortmag. 140 gr pill around 3200 pretty easily if I recall correctly. Its a cartridge design by 'elkaholic' , a member on this forum. Good guy, really helpful and friendly. </p><p></p><p>My set up is a Krieger stainless medium palma contour (slightly heavier than a Remington varmint contour) that I'm going to have cut at 30", 1 in 8 twist, all I plan on shooting is 140's and the occasional 130. Its going on a factory Remington action that I'm going to have blueprinted when I take it in to be put together, Its in a B&C medalist stock. It's going to be a heavy rig, probably around 13 lbs, but its a dedicated long range hunting/steel shooting rifle. And I don't hike 13 gozillion miles up country to get to my hunting spot. </p><p></p><p>This is the rifle with the factory barrel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1153646, member: 87243"] I'm in the process of re-barreling my Remington .308, I wanted to stay with the same bolt face for simplicity, and the most performance you can get out of a short action and that bolt face, and to be used for long range hunting. With those specifications, that lead me to the .260 Remington Ackley Improved. The O.A.L. will still fit in the short action (especially my Wyatt's detach mag, max coal of 2.880, instead of 2.830 in my standard Remington short box). In this cartridge, a 140 gr will be around 2950 or so, some get more some get less. That's a killer long range combo, bucks the wind way better than a .308, nearly half the wind actually. A 7mm08 isn't a bad choice either, from the ballistics I have ran the .260 AI outperforms it for longer range somewhat, but getting brass and dies and such is cheaper/easier for the 7mm08 if your not wanting to go through the work for an AI case. If you want all out balls to the wall performance in a short box, and don't mind putting the work into brass forming, get a bolt from PTG with a magnum bolt face, or have yours machined, and go with a 6.5 Sherman Shortmag. 140 gr pill around 3200 pretty easily if I recall correctly. Its a cartridge design by 'elkaholic' , a member on this forum. Good guy, really helpful and friendly. My set up is a Krieger stainless medium palma contour (slightly heavier than a Remington varmint contour) that I'm going to have cut at 30", 1 in 8 twist, all I plan on shooting is 140's and the occasional 130. Its going on a factory Remington action that I'm going to have blueprinted when I take it in to be put together, Its in a B&C medalist stock. It's going to be a heavy rig, probably around 13 lbs, but its a dedicated long range hunting/steel shooting rifle. And I don't hike 13 gozillion miles up country to get to my hunting spot. This is the rifle with the factory barrel. [/QUOTE]
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