Thread: Barrel length considerations

Originally Posted by iambatman

Kia Ora Te forum.


So, based on my little bit of knowledge - always a dangerous thing - this would make the rifle shorter (duh!) and lighter. But I'm worried about what I don't know. Namely, how will the shorter barrel affect accuracy, bullet speed, loudness and felt recoil? I will be fitting a DPT suppressor which makes it near enough to a 20 inch barrel again. Though, I suppose, if I just got a standard 20 inch barrel, the suppressor would extend it to 24ish inches.


For context, this will be a mostly bush and clearings rifle with the occasional shot over open farmland courtesy of some friends of friends. I will not get into long range shooting: 250 to 300 meters will be the maximum on game.

Thanks in advance.

so your three concerns : will it effect accuracy ...... no bullet will land whereever your scope is setup for
will it effect speed maybe but a 308 out to 300 would still be effective i dont believe 308 needs to maintain the high velocitys at range to suit your purpose
recoil and loudness will be cancelled out by the suppresor

so have at it