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0ptimal 308 barrel length
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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 163788" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>What needs to be looked at mostly is what the guns purpose is gonna be. Are you gonna be shooting game with it at long range say out to 500yds and more or just paper. Is the gun actualy gonna be used in a "tactical" situation? all three of my bolt action 308's were built for the porpose for being an actual police sniper rifle the first gun has a very heavy MTU profile 26" barrel and total weight of the gun is is about 15lbs with scope ,the second gun had built used a 24" Rem varmint conture fluted and the last uses an MTU conture that was cut to 20 and heavly fluted. all the guns are sub 1/2moa out to 600yds with factory loaded ammo but the 20"barreled gun does shoot tighter goups out to 300yds and is less finicky with its diet.</p><p> </p><p>In the real world of tactical shooting (from a police stand point) you don't need you gun to maintain its peak accuracy with a given bullet past 300yds because the chances of taking a shot past 100yds are slim to none but I'm not gonna say "never" the furthest I have setup on a situation was just over 150yds and that was because I used a roof top accross a parking lot for a vantage point , generaly its in the 50-5yd range.</p><p> </p><p>I do have an Encore that has a 18" barrel thats chambereed for 308 and shoots the 165gr Ballistic tips exclusivly , this gun is a dedicated carry thick cover gun , I have shot it out to 300yds on paper with goos success so I woulden't heisitate to shoot a deer at 300yds but I'm sure that the velocity is a good bit less than that you would get out of a 26" barrel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So if your gonna be shooting targets at long range , then get a heavy 26" barrel with a 1-10 twist to shoot the 175-190 class VLD bullets bullets but if its gonna be a prcatical use hunting gun for shooting inside 600yds get a shorter barrel if the extra few fps arn't gonna be needed</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 163788, member: 8843"] What needs to be looked at mostly is what the guns purpose is gonna be. Are you gonna be shooting game with it at long range say out to 500yds and more or just paper. Is the gun actualy gonna be used in a "tactical" situation? all three of my bolt action 308's were built for the porpose for being an actual police sniper rifle the first gun has a very heavy MTU profile 26" barrel and total weight of the gun is is about 15lbs with scope ,the second gun had built used a 24" Rem varmint conture fluted and the last uses an MTU conture that was cut to 20 and heavly fluted. all the guns are sub 1/2moa out to 600yds with factory loaded ammo but the 20"barreled gun does shoot tighter goups out to 300yds and is less finicky with its diet. In the real world of tactical shooting (from a police stand point) you don't need you gun to maintain its peak accuracy with a given bullet past 300yds because the chances of taking a shot past 100yds are slim to none but I'm not gonna say "never" the furthest I have setup on a situation was just over 150yds and that was because I used a roof top accross a parking lot for a vantage point , generaly its in the 50-5yd range. I do have an Encore that has a 18" barrel thats chambereed for 308 and shoots the 165gr Ballistic tips exclusivly , this gun is a dedicated carry thick cover gun , I have shot it out to 300yds on paper with goos success so I woulden't heisitate to shoot a deer at 300yds but I'm sure that the velocity is a good bit less than that you would get out of a 26" barrel. So if your gonna be shooting targets at long range , then get a heavy 26" barrel with a 1-10 twist to shoot the 175-190 class VLD bullets bullets but if its gonna be a prcatical use hunting gun for shooting inside 600yds get a shorter barrel if the extra few fps arn't gonna be needed [/QUOTE]
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