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Ammo Smith
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Lot of advise but you had your mind made up before you posted, nothing wrong with that. Send it down the road and get the Tika you want in the caliber you want.
300WM and barrel length
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Darkhorse
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- Mar 14, 2014
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I have the Abolt in 300wm, it has a 24" barrel with the BOSS that adds another 2" to the length. But for ballistic purposes it's a 24" barrel. I load my hunting loads to the max usually. For elk I shoot 180 grain bullets sighted in 2" high at 100 yards. I shot a 5X5 bull at a little over 400 yards holding dead on. The bullet completely penetrated both shoulders and he dropped on the spot.
My deer loads are 165 grain sighted in 1.6" high at 100 yards. I shot 2 large whitetails that I didn't have the time to range, held dead on and hit my aiming spot. We later ranged the shots at over 400 yards.
I do not feel undergunned at all with a 24" barrel.
My deer loads are 165 grain sighted in 1.6" high at 100 yards. I shot 2 large whitetails that I didn't have the time to range, held dead on and hit my aiming spot. We later ranged the shots at over 400 yards.
I do not feel undergunned at all with a 24" barrel.
TXbaldhunter
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Bergara has a 24" barrel and the load was .5grs more than the one used in the 26" barreled Sako
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Aussie Wanderer
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The rifle was always going down the road, but the choice of new rifle is still undecided. Buying new I essentially get the choice of a 24 or 26 inch barrel. I have usually been partial to 26 inch barrels in magnum rounds but wondered what the real world difference between the two was.Lot of advise but you had your mind made up before you posted, nothing wrong with that. Send it down the road and get the Tika you want in the caliber you want.
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Ammo Smith
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Having owned both 24" and 26" I have found that the only difference is if your hunting from a blind with very close corners and then I would prefer a 22" barrel.
With the newer powders with higher energy than the old stand byes you can hardly tell the difference in velocity, I know the animals can't unless your bullet placement is off.
I like picking up the older M70 Winchesters because most of them had 26" barrels while Remington and others were pushing the 22" barrels at the same price or more, the 22" are less expensive to make and drove the profits higher.
20" would be the cut off for barrel length for me and then it would have to be a 1" tube for stiffness or carbon fiber wrapped, so weight gain would be nullified.
With the newer powders with higher energy than the old stand byes you can hardly tell the difference in velocity, I know the animals can't unless your bullet placement is off.
I like picking up the older M70 Winchesters because most of them had 26" barrels while Remington and others were pushing the 22" barrels at the same price or more, the 22" are less expensive to make and drove the profits higher.
20" would be the cut off for barrel length for me and then it would have to be a 1" tube for stiffness or carbon fiber wrapped, so weight gain would be nullified.
