3200 fps deer gun 18 inch barrel

[IndianaMatt]

Remington 600 in 6.5mm Rem would fit the bill for you pretty well.

I wish the 6.5 Rem Mag would have caught on. Brass is impossible to find and I do not have any interest in making it.

 

[Buck Buster]

Don't see enough gain in what? Load development? Or shooting hundreds of rounds a year? I had over 2600 rounds of centerfire rifle rounds downrange in 2017. From various shooting positions out to 2000+ yards. Made my sitting position w. bipod @ 662 yard shot for my elk seem like a chip shot. Well worth it in my opinion.

I cant see any gain ( meaning advantage ) in acquiring this type of rifle for this type of hunting.

 

[lancetkenyon]

I cant see any gain ( meaning advantage ) in acquiring this type of rifle for this type of hunting.

The 18" 3200fps rifle. Gotcha. Would be a nice varmint set up though.

 

[Hand Skills]

I have a .308 with 18.5"bbl. I think if one is concerned about barrel life, a 110gr could meet the velocity requirement while using 'only' 50gr of powder to get there. I have mine setup as more of a brush gun, so though I typically use 180gr bullets, I can see the value of a short quick handling rifle.


It's a great little truck gun, but boy is it obnoxious to shoot. The recoil is trivial, but the muzzle blast/fireball/concussion sure isn't. If I'm expecting to shoot something in the field it's pretty much the last rifle I will reach for. I don't think I have ever fired it without hearing protection. I can't imagine what 70gr of powder in an 18" bbl would be like! Maybe it's just me, but I find 22" braked magnums more pleasant to shoot. YMMV, but either way hearing protection is your friend.

My advise would be to pick an efficient cartridge, and consider a 20" bbl, if you ever want to shoot unsuppressed that is.

Here's an interesting chart comparing overbore with bbl length.

 

[ATH]

With the right bullet/velocity lots of calibers will work. Just sight in about 3.5" high at 100 yds and then at most you hold slightly high at 400yds.

All well and good if you KNOW it's 400... but if you're not using a rangefinder, it could easily be 450.

 

[WildRose]

All well and good if you KNOW it's 400... but if you're not using a rangefinder, it could easily be 450.

And? We're not talking about shooting beyoned 400 here but the same rule applies.

https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/3200-fps-deer-gun-18-inch-barrel.197149/page-4#post-1391881

You can always make up a range card showing known distances to easily identifiable objects or flag it.