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Barrel length and Muzzle Brake for 300wm
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<blockquote data-quote="entoptics" data-source="post: 1966510" data-attributes="member: 104268"><p>I have a 24" Shilen 300WM on a Savage LRH, and I don't feel handicapped at all. With brake, it's just shy of 26". I have an identical Savage LRH with a 26" 7mm RM tube and a Muzzle Brakes and More 3 port Super Baby Beast, and it's right at my threshold for OAL at about 27.75". Any longer, and it would fall under "unwieldy" for me. YMMV.</p><p></p><p>At 24" I'm getting pretty good results with a 208 ELDM at 2870 fps or so (H1000, MAI brass), and there's room for another 20-40 fps if I wanted it probably. In my normal conditions, it's approaching a mile to supersonic transition. At 1000 yds, it positively thumps the steel, and occasionally topples my rickety stands.</p><p></p><p>The MBM SBB really shuts down the recoil in my opinion, is very competitively priced, and Nathan was a pleasure to deal with. It's one of his smaller offerings, with only 3 ports, but my 7RM is a true pussycat to shoot. My 300WM is nearly identical in weight, but with a Shilen installed radial style brake, but kicks substantially harder, despite only chucking out 12% more muzzle energy. Neither is a problem to shoot, and are way easier on the body than an unbraked 30-06, but the MBM brake appears to be way more efficient than the OEM Shilen brake.</p><p></p><p>In summary, the 30 to 60 fps you gain with 2" of barrel is only an issue when you're already at the extreme edge of what you want. A 300WM for big critters inside 700 and steel to 1000 is not anywhere near the "extreme edge" IMO. Since you're concerned about weight (couple ounces per inch), and plan on a suppressor, I'd stick to the shorter end of your choices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="entoptics, post: 1966510, member: 104268"] I have a 24" Shilen 300WM on a Savage LRH, and I don't feel handicapped at all. With brake, it's just shy of 26". I have an identical Savage LRH with a 26" 7mm RM tube and a Muzzle Brakes and More 3 port Super Baby Beast, and it's right at my threshold for OAL at about 27.75". Any longer, and it would fall under "unwieldy" for me. YMMV. At 24" I'm getting pretty good results with a 208 ELDM at 2870 fps or so (H1000, MAI brass), and there's room for another 20-40 fps if I wanted it probably. In my normal conditions, it's approaching a mile to supersonic transition. At 1000 yds, it positively thumps the steel, and occasionally topples my rickety stands. The MBM SBB really shuts down the recoil in my opinion, is very competitively priced, and Nathan was a pleasure to deal with. It's one of his smaller offerings, with only 3 ports, but my 7RM is a true pussycat to shoot. My 300WM is nearly identical in weight, but with a Shilen installed radial style brake, but kicks substantially harder, despite only chucking out 12% more muzzle energy. Neither is a problem to shoot, and are way easier on the body than an unbraked 30-06, but the MBM brake appears to be way more efficient than the OEM Shilen brake. In summary, the 30 to 60 fps you gain with 2" of barrel is only an issue when you're already at the extreme edge of what you want. A 300WM for big critters inside 700 and steel to 1000 is not anywhere near the "extreme edge" IMO. Since you're concerned about weight (couple ounces per inch), and plan on a suppressor, I'd stick to the shorter end of your choices. [/QUOTE]
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