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<blockquote data-quote="SavageHunter11" data-source="post: 1933503" data-attributes="member: 100006"><p>If this is going to be a hunting rifle, I personally would not go an inch over 24". I just built one last year and I decided on a 23" barrel and I put a APA Micro Bastard muzzle break on it and it is so tame with that break on it. As far as contour, again if this is a hunting rifle AND if you reload, thinner is better. I know thinner barrels have smaller and harder to acquire nodes of accuracy but if you are even slightly competent in reloading you should be able to load a sub-MOA round no problem. If you are going to be shooting factory ammo then maybe a heavy sporter or another step thicker would be better.</p><p></p><p>The last thing I want to mention (anyone who builds a 280A.I. NEEDS to know) that you need to make sure your gunsmith is aware of what specific 280A.I. you are building because there are two versions. There's the original one spec'd by P.O. Ackley and then there's the SAAMI spec 280A.I. that Nosler made <strong>AND THEY ARE DIFFERENT</strong>. Long story short, I took my blueprinted action and my Criterion barrel with Rem-age barrel nut to my gun smith the be installed. I mentioned to him this needs to be chambered for the Nosler version NOT the Ackley original version. He kinda blew me off and stated he knows there's a difference and that he's been building 280A.I. since before I was born. </p><p></p><p>A week later I pick up my rifle and head to the range with factory loaded Nosler ammo to break in the barrel.....bolt won't close. I go back to my gunsmith and tell him that I think it's chamber wrong. He gets a little short with me, grabs his go and no-go gauge and shows me it's correct. I hand him a factory loaded round so he can see that the bolt won't close and he starts going off how Nosler is stupid and their version of 280A.I. is stupid and he did it the right way because it's the original way and he doesn't want to change it to the Nosler version because its "dangerous". I eventually coerced him to re-adjust the chamber but it was more of an ordeal than it ever should have been. Just make sure you stress to your smith about which chamber specifically you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SavageHunter11, post: 1933503, member: 100006"] If this is going to be a hunting rifle, I personally would not go an inch over 24". I just built one last year and I decided on a 23" barrel and I put a APA Micro Bastard muzzle break on it and it is so tame with that break on it. As far as contour, again if this is a hunting rifle AND if you reload, thinner is better. I know thinner barrels have smaller and harder to acquire nodes of accuracy but if you are even slightly competent in reloading you should be able to load a sub-MOA round no problem. If you are going to be shooting factory ammo then maybe a heavy sporter or another step thicker would be better. The last thing I want to mention (anyone who builds a 280A.I. NEEDS to know) that you need to make sure your gunsmith is aware of what specific 280A.I. you are building because there are two versions. There's the original one spec'd by P.O. Ackley and then there's the SAAMI spec 280A.I. that Nosler made [B]AND THEY ARE DIFFERENT[/B]. Long story short, I took my blueprinted action and my Criterion barrel with Rem-age barrel nut to my gun smith the be installed. I mentioned to him this needs to be chambered for the Nosler version NOT the Ackley original version. He kinda blew me off and stated he knows there's a difference and that he's been building 280A.I. since before I was born. A week later I pick up my rifle and head to the range with factory loaded Nosler ammo to break in the barrel.....bolt won't close. I go back to my gunsmith and tell him that I think it's chamber wrong. He gets a little short with me, grabs his go and no-go gauge and shows me it's correct. I hand him a factory loaded round so he can see that the bolt won't close and he starts going off how Nosler is stupid and their version of 280A.I. is stupid and he did it the right way because it's the original way and he doesn't want to change it to the Nosler version because its "dangerous". I eventually coerced him to re-adjust the chamber but it was more of an ordeal than it ever should have been. Just make sure you stress to your smith about which chamber specifically you want. [/QUOTE]
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