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I don't know much about suppressors other than basics and that I can't have one.What do you guys think the optimum barrel length and contour would be? Let's say this rifle is gonna be for hunting and potentially suppressed.
I am comfortable with what I'm learning about the 375HE and my QuickDesign and QuickLoad models.
I plugged a CEB 350 MTH into my QL model as an appropriate candidate for a hunting bullet.
I assume you want %100 powder burn for suppressors.
so
Working backwards, I came up with as short as 26". That would give velocities in the 2800fps range at ~56k psi. Muzzle pressure will be in the ~16k psi range.
So...
I would go with the following dimentions for the barrel:
Diameter: 1.4
For 5.5 inches
A 30inch radius profile to 1.25 at 8.5 inches
Tapering to .9 at the muzzle
Basically a supersized sendero/varmint profile.
The barrel should come in at 6.5lb vs 4.25 for a "normal" 1.2 sendero/varmint profile.
An AAC Cyclops can at ~5lb
Stiller TAC 408 1.45" diameter repeater at about 3lb.
McMillan stock at ~3lb
Scope 1.5lb
Yikes, that makes a 19lb hunting rig.
Well, if Ed Hubel thinks it can be done in a Weatherby Mark V action, that could get reduced to about 13lb.