short barrel .308

[cotntop]

Gonna re-barrel and make a short .308 with suppressor for hunting and would like some input on twist and brand. Currently have 1-10 Bartlein 24".

 

[spclark]

Why not just have that 24” shortened to 16-1/4” then threaded for the can you want to use? 1:10’s fine for hunting-weight .30 cal bullets. If you want to use lighter than 155’s you may be better off finding a 1:14 though.

 

[people]

I would just have it cut down and threaded. Unless it is too thin.

 

[cotntop]

Barrel is fluted and really want to keep it. Thinking of having a barrel and action done.

 

[Down South]

16 to 20 inch barrel suppressed would be a nice hunting setup. 10 twist would handle anything you wanna run bullet weight wise. I personally hunt with a 22 inch barreled .308 using 168 gr Berger hunting VLDs and it does a fine job on deer and hogs. I'm about to cut it back to 18-20 inch and run it suppressed as well.

 

[DaveTooley]

16" 1-10 will work just fine. I just shortened up an AI barrel today for a guy to 16" and it is a 1-10. No need to spin them faster.

 

[XTR]

If you are buying a new barrel I don’t think it really matters what twist you get I would get whatever is available. If you’re not planning to run hunting bullets heavier than the 165 glass bullets you’d be fine with a 1:12 which is what everything was before we started running things heavier than 185. I think at some point the Army decided you needed a 1:11.25 for 175s which is why you see so many of those.

 

[GeootJan]

i was wondering what arcane method resulted in such a specific twist rate as 1:11.25

 

[Walt Krafft]

If you are ordering a barrel and want to shoot subsonic bullets over 200 grains get an 8 twist. Thats what the SAAMI spec is for the 300 Blackout.

 

[FrankG]

I’ve got a 18” on a gun and set up for suppressor. Box Hornady 168amax are coming out just under 2600fps. Think they avg 2597 is what it was. Nice little hammer.

Later, Frank
Bartlein Barrels

 

[Texas10]

I’ve got a 18” on a gun and set up for suppressor. Box Hornady 168amax are coming out just under 2600fps. Think they avg 2597 is what it was. Nice little hammer.

Later, Frank
Bartlein Barrels

Sounds like a nice little ham hammer, Frank.

 

[Pappy83]

Daughter hunts with a 16 inch barrel, we use 168 Barnes TTSX bullets. she bang flopped a nice 8 point at 105yds on Friday. Accuracy is very good, barrel is a Criterion finished at 16 by them.

 

[jsthntn247]

In my 20” 10 twist hunting barrel I’m running 180 Berger elite hybrids. Load is 44.5gr of h4895 in alpha brass at 2640. 18” barrel would be 20-40 FPS slower.

 

[hunter67]

I'm running a 20" with can shooting 180 AB for hunting works great. I have enough velocity to open them out to a little over 500 yards

 

[Reecy]

I have an 18" slim profile barrel on my Barrett 98b field craft in .308 that I use for hunting.

Fitted with a moderator it is awesome, I choose this over all of my other rifles, it's just so handy, accurate, mag fed not too heavey it's the go to gun

I don't know why more people don't use short barrelled .308 rifles for hunting.

I had a Parker Hale 1300 scout rifle 30 years ago that was awesome when out hunting, it had a 20" barrel- it's only draw back was that the magazine was poor and unreliable but the principle was the same

Don't hesitate to go short

Atb

Reecy