Tikka 6cm - Preorder - EuroOptic

[EuroOptic]

That east coast, and I see it in the south too, trend of short barrels not being as accurate is pretty funny. Unfortunately it’s a wide spread belief and it’s perpetuated by fudds that may have never shot a deer over 125 yards.

The best thing you can do is find them at a range and let them shoot your shortest suppressed rifle with a scope at something over 200 yards. Minds will be blown.

My 12" 8.6 blackout Q Fix breaks many a brain every year, it is quite enjoyable to watch their brains register that my rifle that barely clears 6lbs, that folds, holds 10rd, and is short af is more practical in Central PA than a 26" 300 win mag with a big ass Leupold on it.

I chatted with a guy on a backcountry ridge a few years ago. He was all excited to give me the specs on his "custom" rifle. 28" barrel with an Ultra 7 on it. Had to have been miserable to hike in with given 3+ miles of dense deadfall and new growth. Especially with it strapped to the pack.

Thought he was calling in an airstrike when I first spotted him...

Beggars can't be choosers I guess. New tikka 6CM + chop and thread is still gonna be cheaper than a donor action and PBB.

He's planning on lobbing artillery into the next county!

 

[HairyScandinavian]

Obviously some of these folks are stuck in their head with velocity wallup. I still have a buddy that thinks 6.5 PRC is minimum for Elk and my 6.5 CM isn't enough gun at any yardage, doesn't matter how much I try to reason with him. Lots of folks want to shoot monos which require decent velocity so I can see some reason there.

Thought he was calling in an airstrike when I first spotted him...

Lmao... Saw a similar rig a few years ago when wife and I rounded a corner in Wyoming to see one of the locals sitting in a buggy pointing a rifle at me. We chatted for a while they were super nice, custom rifle he was pretty excited about. I don't remember specifics but it was a boat paddle for sure, had to be a 26" at least with a 10" suppressor on it.

 

[EuroOptic]

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[Dave Thomas]

Not everyone uses a suppressor and wants a short barrel. 22" to 24" works fine without a suppressor.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Not everyone uses a suppressor and wants a short barrel. 22" to 24" works fine without a suppressor.

No one said they should only offer 16-20”options.

 

[N2TRKYS]

That east coast, and I see it in the south too, trend of short barrels not being as accurate is pretty funny. Unfortunately it’s a wide spread belief and it’s perpetuated by fudds that may have never shot a deer over 125 yards.

The best thing you can do is find them at a range and let them shoot your shortest suppressed rifle with a scope at something over 200 yards. Minds will be blown.

Having lived in the South all my life, I’ve never heard anybody say a short barrel was less accurate. What I do hear is how handy a short barrel is in a shooting house or in a tree stand. That’s why the Remington Model Seven rifles were so popular.

 

[Stud Duck]

Having lived in the South all my life, I’ve never heard anybody say a short barrel was less accurate. What I do hear is how handy a short barrel is in a shooting house or in a tree stand. That’s why the Remington Model Seven rifles were so popular.

Yep, or if you're trekking through laurel or brush. A 22" barrel is my limit on length.

East Coast here as well.

 

[Stud Duck]

There is a lot of companies missing the shorter barrel movement. I follow other forums too and have the sense that Rokslide is @ the front of that. It is not even in the discussion for the majority of hunters out there I would bet. And the rifle companies are not pushing it in their marketing for the most part. Rokslide are the early adopters which is about 10%-15% of the pie.

Same with shotgun manufacturers. Most want to hang a 26"- 30" tube on one. I guess that's fine if the only thing you do is bust clays or shoot birds in fields, but some of us actually beat the brush with ours and a 21" shotgun barrel sure is nice.

 

[PistolPete]

I realize I'm in the minority (by far!), but I can say I would rather hunt with a 22" barrel than 16" barrel + 6" suppressor. I'll still practice with the can, but hunt without the extra weight, and the report from a 22" is so much less offensive for those few shots in the field, weighs less than the 16+can, and the extra velocity might mean using a 6 ARC instead of a Creed or somesuch...