Thread: Tikka T3x Lite in .30-06, questions about barrel length

a mate brought a Kimber 30-06 Mountain Ascent and its a real shooter. 24 inch barrel and suppressed. Very impressive on game and at the range.
I liked it so much I brought a Kimber 300wsm and shortened my barrel to 20 inches so I have 24inch (well very slightly better) 30/06 ballistics in a slightly (only very slightly) shorter handier gun.

Shorter does equal louder even suppressed.
i think you may be overthinking it. Buy the long barrel and use it, you can always make it shorter and a short barrel will make things just as dead as a long one.