Hello everyone! I have not posted here for a couple of years, forgot my login and had to create another ID now that I am getting back into long range shooting. I currently have a very nice, very accurate, .308 built by William Roscoe at LPR but it’s a heavy beast that was not built for use as a field-carried weapon. I am moving to Colorado soon and have a 700-Police .308 that I want build into a precession 1000 yard rifle. I have a spare Kreiger 1/10 MTU 30 caliber barrel in my safe that I was going to use for this rifle, but have decided to sell it and make this build into a .260 rem that is light enough to carry, but not a true "mountain rifle" with a pencil barrel. It will be used primarily for long range target shooting and occasional hunting, there is a lot of public land in Colorado perfect for long-range shooting so I will be packing it in a few miles to target shoot but won’t be packing it above the timber-line to chase bighorn sheep around in the mountain scree & bolder fields where every ounce really counts. I just need to get back far enough to shoot where I am isolated and won't cause the granola-crunchers out bird watching to piss themselves when they see me with a big scary looking rifle in the backcountry.
What is the lightest Bartlein and/or Kreiger profile you would go with, considering that I will be fluting the barrel to save a little weight and to speed up cooling a bit? I am familiar with the non-fluted versions of the M40/M24 Bartlein and a MTU Kreiger profiles. Looking at the barrel weights listed on the Bartlein website, the only barrel lighter than the M40/M24 barrel profile is the "standard target" and it's only about 3oz lighter so having it fluted will make up that difference.
My top choice at the moment is a Bartlein 5R in a fluted M40/M24 profile, finished to 24" with an 8/1 instead of an 8.5/1 twist so I can shoot & stabilize the heavier rounds for the rare occasion I hunt with it. I do want it caped in case I decide on a suppressor someday. Am I on the right track here or do you think I could go to a lighter profile then a fluted M40/M24 Bartlein, or is there a Kreiger profile that might work just as well and save me some weight yet still have the advantages a larger diameter barrel gives you?
Not sure about what stock I will be using but that is not a consideration for what barrel I choose as I will order a 2.5 pound McMillan / Manners stock after I decide on a barrel, or use the M24 type H&S stock that came with it and have the channel opened up when its bedded if needed.
Thanks!
What is the lightest Bartlein and/or Kreiger profile you would go with, considering that I will be fluting the barrel to save a little weight and to speed up cooling a bit? I am familiar with the non-fluted versions of the M40/M24 Bartlein and a MTU Kreiger profiles. Looking at the barrel weights listed on the Bartlein website, the only barrel lighter than the M40/M24 barrel profile is the "standard target" and it's only about 3oz lighter so having it fluted will make up that difference.
My top choice at the moment is a Bartlein 5R in a fluted M40/M24 profile, finished to 24" with an 8/1 instead of an 8.5/1 twist so I can shoot & stabilize the heavier rounds for the rare occasion I hunt with it. I do want it caped in case I decide on a suppressor someday. Am I on the right track here or do you think I could go to a lighter profile then a fluted M40/M24 Bartlein, or is there a Kreiger profile that might work just as well and save me some weight yet still have the advantages a larger diameter barrel gives you?
Not sure about what stock I will be using but that is not a consideration for what barrel I choose as I will order a 2.5 pound McMillan / Manners stock after I decide on a barrel, or use the M24 type H&S stock that came with it and have the channel opened up when its bedded if needed.
Thanks!
