Been lurking for a bit here and decided to register as I need a bit of advice from the experts.
I have a Remington PSS in .308 that I use for work. This work entails culling deer via neck shots at ranges anywhere from 30 – 400 yards during the day and at night while shooting from tripods, vehicles, or blinds.
The 26” barrel is a bit unhandy in these confined locations so I’m thinking about shortening it to 22” (+/-) and installing a flash hider. Why add a flash hider? Well, I plan on eventually moving to night vision so a flash hider will help in these situations.
As it sits currently, the rifle will shoot one-hole groups at 100 yards with Hornady 168 gr. Amax if I do my part. She’s pretty darned accurate so, obviously, I am a little concerned that altering the barrel will negatively affect the accuracy of this barrel. A valid concern or am I simply being paranoid?
As far as the work is concerned, I do own a Grizzly 4003G lathe and have the mechanical ability to perform the work. However, I’d need to pick up some additional tooling so I may just sent the work out to someone who does this for a living.
My question to you guys is should I be concerned about negatively affecting the accuracy of this barrel with this change? I realize that the quality of the work will affect this but let’s assume that it’ll be spot on.
Whaddya think? Should I just leave well enough alone or go for it?
Oh, and before anyone mentions it, simply buying a new rifle is out of the question. This one is issued to me and already works as needed so there's no need to buy a new one.
I have a Remington PSS in .308 that I use for work. This work entails culling deer via neck shots at ranges anywhere from 30 – 400 yards during the day and at night while shooting from tripods, vehicles, or blinds.
The 26” barrel is a bit unhandy in these confined locations so I’m thinking about shortening it to 22” (+/-) and installing a flash hider. Why add a flash hider? Well, I plan on eventually moving to night vision so a flash hider will help in these situations.
As it sits currently, the rifle will shoot one-hole groups at 100 yards with Hornady 168 gr. Amax if I do my part. She’s pretty darned accurate so, obviously, I am a little concerned that altering the barrel will negatively affect the accuracy of this barrel. A valid concern or am I simply being paranoid?
As far as the work is concerned, I do own a Grizzly 4003G lathe and have the mechanical ability to perform the work. However, I’d need to pick up some additional tooling so I may just sent the work out to someone who does this for a living.
My question to you guys is should I be concerned about negatively affecting the accuracy of this barrel with this change? I realize that the quality of the work will affect this but let’s assume that it’ll be spot on.
Whaddya think? Should I just leave well enough alone or go for it?
Oh, and before anyone mentions it, simply buying a new rifle is out of the question. This one is issued to me and already works as needed so there's no need to buy a new one.
