Thread: What tikka to purchase

A shorter barrel also improves 'pointability' on a suppressed rifle, nice when a snapshot is required! Caliber, noise increase, and loss of projectile speed all need to be considered when making the decision on just how much to chop off a barrel. My bush gun(7mm08) is chopped to 17" and my alpine/tops rifle is chopped to 22"(7mmRM), both suppressed and super nice to shoot. Both do their jobs well. I like suppressors with minimal weight, and "muzzle forward" length, for both 'carriability' and 'pointability'. I have Hardy and DPT and rate both in this regard.