Thread: 16" or 16.5" .308

Sweet. 16" is the shortest I would go for in a .308 personally so I'll go with that.
@tikka love the look of your 300blk Tikka,nice short package, just dont think a 12 inch barrel would do it for me in a .308. I was hoping to be able to shoot .308 subs in this soon to be 16" Tikka but from what I've read you need a much faster twist rate to stabilise .308 subs? (Tikka .308 t3 is 1/11 I think?)

My Zastava was 1:12 and i stabilized 180gr round nose to use as subs fine. Yet to try subs with my tikka 308.
I would say it would be similar anything heavier than ~180gr will not work 168-180 is marginal for stability.

Try them without a suppressor first to see if they are stable

Originally Posted by 308mate

Sweet. 16" is the shortest I would go for in a .308 personally so I'll go with that.
@tikka love the look of your 300blk Tikka,nice short package, just dont think a 12 inch barrel would do it for me in a .308. I was hoping to be able to shoot .308 subs in this soon to be 16" Tikka but from what I've read you need a much faster twist rate to stabilise .308 subs? (Tikka .308 t3 is 1/11 I think?)

They shoot lead subs fine, might just be better to go middle of the road weight Wise, don't think they will shoot the heavy lehigh bullets