Short barrelled .308 - how short have you gone ?

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breacher · #1 Post by **breacher** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:43 pm

Have any of you cut down your .308 rifles to sub 16" ?

Would be interested to hear the results...............

Dannywayoflife · #2 Post by **Dannywayoflife** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:46 pm

Not sub 16" but my dta is 16" and it's awesome. 1000 yd capable shoots better than me!

Egg on Leggs1 · #3 Post by **Egg on Leggs1** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:56 pm

I shot a bench rest pistol in 30-06 with a barrel of about 10-12 inches. nice grouping at 900 yards after the first shot.

The first shot consisted of the pistol coming up and twatting me on the top of my head.

breacher · #4 Post by **breacher** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:27 pm

I am looking at shortening an AR10 maybe as low as 12"..............

Dannywayoflife · #5 Post by **Dannywayoflife** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:02 pm

It will be loud! That's the only negative I've found with my rifle. Without a mod it's ruddy loud!!!

breacher · #6 Post by **breacher** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:05 pm

Will definately be suppressed - intend to use it for deer as well as target.

Dannywayoflife · #7 Post by **Dannywayoflife** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:45 pm

Go for it then mate! I love my 16" 308 barrel! And velocity loss has been less than your think. I did get the 155 hbc going at 2770 but accuracy node is around 2675-2700.

DW58 · #8 Post by **DW58** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:03 pm

Dannywayoflife wrote:Go for it then mate! I love my 16" 308 barrel! And velocity loss has been less than your think. I did get the 155 hbc going at 2770 but accuracy node is around 2675-2700.

What loads are you using to get the 155 going at those speeds in such a short barrel?

#9 Post by **leeroy7031** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:14 pm

breacher wrote:I am looking at shortening an AR10 maybe as low as 12"..............

I had a FAL with a 13" barrel, I don't anymore as it wouldn't shoot much past 400m, from a 100m zero the drop was around 40 moa. If all you want it for is short range fun or CQB matches then happy days.

Dannywayoflife · #10 Post by **Dannywayoflife** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:32 pm

DW58 wrote:
Dannywayoflife wrote:Go for it then mate! I love my 16" 308 barrel! And velocity loss has been less than your think. I did get the 155 hbc going at 2770 but accuracy node is around 2675-2700.
What loads are you using to get the 155 going at those speeds in such a short barrel?

Top speed was something like 47 grains of ramshot wildbore. But my accuracy load is 46.3 grains

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