Thread: Rifle for good keen man

Caberslash’s post above has so many points that are so true.


Ive got this feeling that 4” of extra barrel moderates the sound at the shooters ear almost as much as 4” of suppressor in front of the muzzle. It would be very interesting to compare shooter felt report and recoil for rifles with x” barrel and one wiyh sorter barrel and a suppressor to make it up to the same length.

Like most people, my personal experience is limited. Im basing this on having used a 25” 303 for a long time and seeing its sound level was less than the 18” mohawk 600 223 Nd more recently a short model 7 223 which I just assumed was a 308 when someone detonated it on the next mound and i felt the concussion on my face and through my earmuffs.

I really like Jeff Cooper’s 1 minute test. It should be mandatory for all hunter class competitions. If you cant do 60 seconds its a target rifle. If you want to shoot a heavy rifle you should pump the iron.