Thread: Optimum length for a 1:12 .223

Recently purchased nice stainless fluted rem 700 VSSF rifle. The length (26”) is rather unwieldy though especially once the gunworks can is on. I want to use it as a walk and stalk rifle for wallabies and goats with the occasional fallow, also shooting from a canam, so thinking about cutting it down to make it more versatile. I assume the barrel can be chopped down into the flutes? What lengths have people gone down to with that twist rate? What would you recommend?