Chop to what length?

[30338]

Daughter shot her bull at 400 yards with an 18" 06 shooting 155 scenar. It was very effective. I chop about everything to 18.

 

[01Foreman400]

I chopped my 30-06 to 16” last year. Also had 2 6.5 CM’s and a 7mm-08 chopped to 16”. I’ve got a 308, 6.5 CM and a 300 WM with 18” barrels. I have no plans on shooting past 400 yards with any of them.

 

[peaches]

To echo most others....18 is a good compromise for most standard centerfire calibers. BUT I just had a cva scout 350L cut to 16.5 and it is sweet! re The Scout with Yhm R9 is shorter than an 18 inch bolt gun sans suppressor!

 

[Ringbill27]

Well… I had my comp gun which is a Ruger American Ranch 16” barrel in 5.56 w/ a vortex 6-24 diamondback and a Banish 30 7” out after a competition. Handed it to my wife and asked is this the length you want your rifles. Looks like I’m chopping the 243win, 7mm08 and 308win (all her rifles) to 16” per boss’s orders. As for my Tikka 30-06 I may chopped to 20” or just thread it haven’t decided yet.

FYI my poor man’s comp rifle and I won one of the two classes I competed in.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Other people will probably disagree, but I would take the .30-06 to 20” and keep the .243 at 20”, or at most go to 18”.

To me, it’s fairly pointless to have a 16” .30-06. I’d just use a .308 or something similar instead.


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A 16” 30-06 would be sort of strange but since all my guns are cut to 18”, my 30-06 still out performs my 308.

My 18” 30-06 gets about 2700fps with a 180g accubond. The farthest I’ve shot an animal though with it was like 310yds. It easily my favorite gun.

 

[MTMeatHunter]

I like to cut rifles to lengths that make people look at me funny. 19.3”, 17.6”, etc.

 

[Andouille]

I really enjoy my suppressed 18" barrel 30-06 for hunting in AK. Gets 2910ish fps with 150 gr CX, and 2780ish with 178 gr bonded bullets.

 

[Ringbill27]

I really enjoy my suppressed 18" barrel 30-06 for hunting in AK. Gets 2910ish fps with 150 gr CX, and 2780ish with 178 gr bonded bullets.

How are you liking the 150cx?

 

[longrangelead]

I chopped a 243 from 20" to 16" last year to be a timber rifle. Shooting 85gr TSX's, they went from 3000 to 2800.

Also, if you use quick drop mils, you might consider doing the math beforehand so one or both line up with "average gun" numbers. Average Gun is minus 2, range minus 2 is super easy to remember.

chop accordingly to get average gun velocity with your chosen bullet/load.

my 2 cents

 

[Ringbill27]

I chopped a 243 from 20" to 16" last year to be a timber rifle. Shooting 85gr TSX's, they went from 3000 to 2800.

Also, if you use quick drop mils, you might consider doing the math beforehand so one or both line up with "average gun" numbers. Average Gun is minus 2, range minus 2 is super easy to remember.

chop accordingly to get average gun velocity with your chosen bullet/load.

my 2 cents

2800fps for the 85gr TSX seem sufficient. I doubt this rifle will ever be hunting past 150yds. Wife’s back up Minnesota whitetail rifle. It could chase coyotes one day, but I have 58gr nosler BTs for those.

As for the quick drop thing. Not going to lie is going right over my head.

 

[longrangelead]

2800fps for the 85gr TSX seem sufficient. I doubt this rifle will ever be hunting past 150yds. Wife’s back up Minnesota whitetail rifle. It could chase coyotes one day, but I have 58gr nosler BTs for those.

As for the quick drop thing. Not going to lie is going right over my head.

do you use Mils or Moa?

Will you ever need to dial beyond 300 yards?

if you use moa but are open to Mils, I'll expound on QD.

 

[Ringbill27]

do you use Mils or Moa?

Will you ever need to dial beyond 300 yards?

if you use moa but are open to Mils, I'll expound on QD.

Hunting past 300yds? No or at least not till I get out west. My first 100yd kill was with my muzzleloader this year and I’ve been hunting for 22years.

But I just starting competing to “longish range” to 500yds. I use MOA which I have a good handle on. But I noticed Mils was pretty prominent on the line.

Currently building a 6.5 Grendel for the AR class that doesn’t have a scope yet. So maybe I’ll switch to Mils. That’ll depend on the deal I find on what ever scope when the time comes.

 

[Andouille]

How are you liking the 150cx?

They shoot great, are relatively inexpensive, and were easy to work up a load for. No terminal data yet.

 

[Ringbill27]

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They shoot great, are relatively inexpensive, and were easy to work up a load for. No terminal data yet.

That’s where I’m at with the 168gr. My rifle was a little finicky with finding a good 150s. Switched to the 168 and I immediately found an accurate load with acceptable velocities.

 

[wildwilderness]

Sorta similar

All Round Hunting - 16" 22CM
Dangerous Game - 18" 6CM
Long Range Hunting - 20" 25CM
Long Range Competition - 22" 6.5CM

No need for long actions and 70+ grains of powder for anything except ELR. Which I have done a mile with a ULTRA MEGA MAGNUM - a S/A 6.5 PRC lol.

I wonder what a PH would think about you showing up on a Cape buffalo or Ele hunt with your 18" 6cm Dangerous Game rifle

 

[nm.otter]

Send them Ryan's giraffe clip...