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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Why not shorten your rifle's barrel?
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<blockquote data-quote="308175" data-source="post: 1101463" data-attributes="member: 1102"><p>This is a long range hunting forum. We don't care about short fat bench rest barrels or compact timber land rifles. At least not on this forum.</p><p></p><p>Why don't my long range rigs have short barrels? Velocity. Plain and simple.</p><p></p><p>We are milking everything we can for the best possible down range performance. Since I shoot a lot of 308s, I need all the help I can get. If it's only 100 fps, so be it. It extends my range that much further. </p><p></p><p>I've ran 308 barrels as long as 29". You can get some serious velocities out of 185-215 grain bullets using powders on the slower spectrum of 308 powders.</p><p></p><p>Why not use a bigger cartridge with a shorter barrel? Recoil, barrel life, cost of reloading, muzzle blast, etc...</p><p></p><p>It's all personal preference. My preference is 26"-28" barrels on anything from a 308 win to 300 win mag to 280AI to 260.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="308175, post: 1101463, member: 1102"] This is a long range hunting forum. We don't care about short fat bench rest barrels or compact timber land rifles. At least not on this forum. Why don't my long range rigs have short barrels? Velocity. Plain and simple. We are milking everything we can for the best possible down range performance. Since I shoot a lot of 308s, I need all the help I can get. If it's only 100 fps, so be it. It extends my range that much further. I've ran 308 barrels as long as 29". You can get some serious velocities out of 185-215 grain bullets using powders on the slower spectrum of 308 powders. Why not use a bigger cartridge with a shorter barrel? Recoil, barrel life, cost of reloading, muzzle blast, etc... It's all personal preference. My preference is 26"-28" barrels on anything from a 308 win to 300 win mag to 280AI to 260. [/QUOTE]
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