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16" Remington SPS AAC 308

corey4

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this will be a hunting rifle. i am not taking my 5R 308 in the woods. one, it is heavy, 2, i'm just not.

a bit of a background, a buddy of mine bought a remmy AAC-SD 308 during the scare last january because it had a threaded barrel, he was afraid of the "ban", then decided that he didn't want it after things cooled down. he sold it to me, BNIB unfired for $500.

i was kicking around the idea of cutting it down to 16" and getting it threaded so it would be more handy in the woods with my suppressor. i do have an HS precision stock i bought from a hide member that will replace the rubber, flexible stock that is on it now.

so i am wondering if 16" is good enough to achieve good terminal ballistics for a 200yd shot to thwack a deer. it is in the Penns woods, so even a 200yd shot is pushing it as far as range.

thanks!
 

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At 200 yds there will be minimal difference in terminal performance between a 20" and a 16" .308.

Even at extended range, the difference is less than most believe. A 16" 308 will have generally the same terminal performance at about 50 yards less than the same round would have out of a 20" 308 (e.g., at 750 yds the 16" round will have about the same velocity as the 20" round will have at 800).



MikeN
 
cool. thanks guys.

it just sucks that i just now thought of this yesterday, and deer season starts in 2 weeks. hopefully the gunsmith can get it done before then, so i can get behind it for a few rounds.

i'll be "that guy" at the range, suday night before opening day, sighting in the rifle. lol