Doesn't matter the barrel length, for legal barrel length of 16" and longer. They can do twice that distance.įor a 7mm-08, if you're looking at 300 yards as your max distance, that thing is gonna be a laser. Only reason I would have gone 18" is for distance, and I shoot these to 850 yards and longer.įor a deer-killing machine, you can make a 16" 5.56 gun, if you load up some Barnes 70gr TSX projectiles for it. 260 Rem is a 20" barrel, though - shortest I could find, when I built it, or I would have built it with an 18" barrel. The 7mm-08 will perform very similar, to the. 260 Rem is a joke at 850 yards - same parent cartridge as 7mm-08. 308 Win AR to 850 yards - with ease, and the 7mm-08 is much more "ballistically efficient" than. My M4A1 in Afghanistan was north of 10lbs - for an M4 Carbine.Ī 16" 7mm-08 barrel will do 300 yards with ease, and do 850 yards with ease- it's in the projectile. I generally use 140 grain accubonds/partitions up to around 160 grain a frames or onyx. I just don't want to tote a 10lb gun around on long days - nor do I want the 6lb shoulder hammer at the other end. I do like the velocity - and also I've put a number of rounds down range in 20-22" barrels so I have a level of comfort there. I wouldn't take a shot farther than 300 yards on large game like elk with a 7mm-08 bolt gun. I plan to use it as back up or primary on any game up to and including elk.
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