Thread: Bolt action 300BLK/308 subsonic

You know when you have an itch for a gun that won't go away, well, that's where I'm at with a bolt action in either 300BLK or 308 subsonic. There's been a few threads about this, some started by me, so apologies if this is getting boring. I want a quiet gun for shooting on private land to take goats at up to 100 metres. Unfortunately, I don't reload.

308 - no suitable factory ammo that I can find in NZ; standard rifle twist rates too slow to stabilise heavy subsonic projectiles to the extent that they may take out the suppressor as they leave the barrel?

300BLK - Hornady and Winchester have just started producing subsonic rounds which are designed for hunting, i.e. projectile expands at subsonic velocities on hitting animal. Not sure on NZ availability yet. There are a few other options out there as well. As for rifles:

*Ruger Ranch rifle - has magazine issues (although new model will take AR magazine); stock is too soft and bends. From what I've read, not a bad rifle, but it would be nice to buy something off the shelf that works without needing immediate attention.

*Blackout Remington 700 - heavy; seems to have multiple problems and now that Remington have folded, I'm even more wary.

*Mossberg MVP Patrol (Gun City) - don't really know anything about this one, not keen on the full barrel silencer.

*Tikka T3X (Gun City) - don't really know anything about this one either, not keen on the full barrel silencer. Not a factory gun I assume? Who would have done the modification?

*CZ 527 - new, don't know much yet. Hasn't arrived in NZ as far as I can tell.


So, what to do? Forget all this madness? Any other thoughts?