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.
He's planning on lobbing artillery into the next county!
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.
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.
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.
It’s everywhere, I see it in Alaska too. I work with a guy who wanted to go shooting a few months ago, at the range he was like “wait until you see this”….”THIS is THE Alaska rifle”…..he pulled out some heavy barrels Remington 700 in 300 ultra mag, the barrel must have been 30” and had a massive built in brake on it, heavy laminate stock and a leupold 4-14 scope. The gun must have weighed 15lbs. He was convinced that he was covered for shots out to 1000yds and was ready for a bear charge.
Silencers are so light these days, I’d never in a million years not use one in the name of weight savings. That’s just ridiculous. I’ll just take an extra dump that morning and that will cancel out the additional 4 ounces on my gun that protects my hearing and helps me shoot better.
This makes sense if you are shooting multiple rounds in the field, but in my experience big game hunting is less about shooting and more about getting into position and range of the quarry. Do you really have to shoot your animal more than once or twice? Even if you do, like my first deer that I shot-when I was 14 years old-5 times at 20 yards with my 30-30 lever gun(in fact a carbine, so a short barrel with probably more muzzle blast than most)…my hearing is still excellent. I’m not saying suppressors don’t help with hearing protection but unless you are shooting with shorter barrels and/or magnums it’s not like you will lose your hearing over 1 or 3 shots in the field. The irony is that a 22”+ barrel in most cartridges has reasonable decibels but by chopping it to add a suppressor you greatly increase muzzle pressure and unburned gases.
Of all the opinions out there, this is certainly one of them...
The velocity loss from a barrel chop does sting a little, but that's being mitigated with higher performance / shorter suppressors lately. 4" difference vs 6-8" difference. If I can pick up an OG, I may end up going back to 20" barrel instead of 18".
No word, but im sure something will come out eventually
