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<blockquote data-quote="WanderingGoatie" data-source="post: 3039677" data-attributes="member: 94880"><p>I also have been accumulating parts for a short and light big game rifle. </p><p></p><p>After researching for a few years I finally decided on an 18.5" 308 Win. </p><p></p><p>In my opinion there are very few cartridges that do well on big game to 300 yards with short barrels. Maybe a few magnums can do it but at the expense of a lot of unburnt powder. </p><p></p><p>The velocities on my 18" 6.5 Grendel AR aren't even that great to about 250 on pronghorn. It does the job but I lose confidence. On anything larger and in thicker woods I'd stick to about 200. Keep in mind I reload for 7-08, .308, 350 legend, and 6.5 Grendel. </p><p></p><p>If the goal is big game and efficiency to 300yards one may consider 338 federal. It seems like I found bigger bored cartridges were "more efficient", if you want to call it that, in shorter barrels. I only ended up sticking with .308 just so I wouldn't have yet ANOTHER $200 unnecessarily stolen from me so the king would allow me to hang a hunk of metal off my barrel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WanderingGoatie, post: 3039677, member: 94880"] I also have been accumulating parts for a short and light big game rifle. After researching for a few years I finally decided on an 18.5” 308 Win. In my opinion there are very few cartridges that do well on big game to 300 yards with short barrels. Maybe a few magnums can do it but at the expense of a lot of unburnt powder. The velocities on my 18” 6.5 Grendel AR aren’t even that great to about 250 on pronghorn. It does the job but I lose confidence. On anything larger and in thicker woods I’d stick to about 200. Keep in mind I reload for 7-08, .308, 350 legend, and 6.5 Grendel. If the goal is big game and efficiency to 300yards one may consider 338 federal. It seems like I found bigger bored cartridges were “more efficient”, if you want to call it that, in shorter barrels. I only ended up sticking with .308 just so I wouldn’t have yet ANOTHER $200 unnecessarily stolen from me so the king would allow me to hang a hunk of metal off my barrel. [/QUOTE]
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