Gtscotty
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Who's done it, and what kind of velocities are you getting?
I'll head off the 'just go with a .308 if you're going that short" comments with I've had 18" and 18.5" .308s and they just don't have the capacity to deliver the kind of heavier bullet performance I'd like for this specific purpose.
Context: I just ordered a lightweight .30 cal suppressor specifically for use while hunting elk, so now I'm entering into the 12 month waiting stage where I brainstorm hosts. Both of my main hunting rifles have fairly thin barrels and therefore can not take a standard 5/8"x24 thread and still have sufficient shoulder without being cut down quite a bit. I have very good loads for both of them, so I'm hesitant to start chopping off large sections of barrel.
It occurred to me earlier while reading another thread that assuming the often cited 25 fps/in loss, a load that hits 2,800 fps in my current 22" .30-06 might be somewhere near or approaching 2,700 fps in a chopped 18" .30-06. With my 7" suppressor attached, such a beast would have an overall length similar to a long action with a 25" barrel... a bit dangly, buy not too bad in open country. I know it would be blasty, but this specific rifle would only really be shot with the can on, or at the range where I double up on earpro everytime regardless.
Thoughts? Has anyone gone this route? What kind of performance are folks seeing out of stumpy .30-06s.
I'll head off the 'just go with a .308 if you're going that short" comments with I've had 18" and 18.5" .308s and they just don't have the capacity to deliver the kind of heavier bullet performance I'd like for this specific purpose.
Context: I just ordered a lightweight .30 cal suppressor specifically for use while hunting elk, so now I'm entering into the 12 month waiting stage where I brainstorm hosts. Both of my main hunting rifles have fairly thin barrels and therefore can not take a standard 5/8"x24 thread and still have sufficient shoulder without being cut down quite a bit. I have very good loads for both of them, so I'm hesitant to start chopping off large sections of barrel.
It occurred to me earlier while reading another thread that assuming the often cited 25 fps/in loss, a load that hits 2,800 fps in my current 22" .30-06 might be somewhere near or approaching 2,700 fps in a chopped 18" .30-06. With my 7" suppressor attached, such a beast would have an overall length similar to a long action with a 25" barrel... a bit dangly, buy not too bad in open country. I know it would be blasty, but this specific rifle would only really be shot with the can on, or at the range where I double up on earpro everytime regardless.
Thoughts? Has anyone gone this route? What kind of performance are folks seeing out of stumpy .30-06s.
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