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16-18 inch shorty rifles
- Thread starter DrDeath
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GAP 22 Creed
16" 1-6.5 Bart
Drills 90gr Atips at 3050fps
How do the A-Tips do on coyotes? I just ordered 200 to try in my 22BR.
Admittedly, I don't know much about working on anything mechanically, not so inclined. If you like building fine, but wouldn't a Scout Rifle fit the bill? I have a Ruger Gunsite Scout (Mossburg also makes them) in .308 with a 16.5" barrel. I added a Yankee Hill Flash Hider, topped with a Burris 1x6 scope on a P.E.P.R. mount. I imagine one could put a can on it...Just a suggestion.
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16” 300blk Rem 700 stuck in a McMillan Classic with a NF NXS 2.5-10 and a SiCo on the end....
Simple, clean and a whole lotta fun.
Simple, clean and a whole lotta fun.
Because of whiplash in an auto accident, it is difficult to bend my neck as much as I used to before and even before it was difficult as I would have to rotate most rifles a bit to align the sights, so the sights are aligned with my POA at 100 yds. Although not a QD scope/mount, the iron sights are also spot on. For me it is the best all around rifle of my collection.
Couple of Ruger shorties. 308 Ruger GSR and RAR 300 BLK. Both have to share the Ultra 7.
Thanks still on the fence on whether to cerakote it or not. Probably just leave it. The color is growing on me.
Pulled my 16.5” 260 CTR from EH1A into TAC chassis. Haven’t shot it yet in current configuration, but so far I love it. Makes 22” with the can on. Nice and compact package.
DMR II-i in Nightforce 20 moa mount
She shoots 147's at 2650. Good til 1400 before it hits transonic flight.
It's a switch lug barrel so I also have a 24" that the same load hits transonic at 1600!
Ultimatum DL
16 inch IBI barrel
Trigger Tech Diamond
MDT ESS
Ares ETR
16 inch IBI barrel
Trigger Tech Diamond
MDT ESS
Ares ETR
My "ugly duckling" of a shorty
Remmy 700 .308
Factory barrel cut to 18", threaded with knurled and crowned thread protector (anxiously awaiting the group buy Templar Archangel to show up)
Bedded in Manners T4
CDI bottom metal
Badger tactical knob and 20MOA base
Currently topped with a Leupy Mark 4 3.5-10 TMR (until the B.E.A.S.T. finally gets delivered)
All work done by J.D. Thomas (formerly of McMillan) at highspeedshootingsystems.com. It's not J.D.'s fault that I occasionally insist on spraying beautiful rifles with krylon. After I have him switch it over to a McMillan A4 I think ARP over at ontargetcustoms.com may get it for a custom finish.
I'll tell you that the velocity on this shorty SUCKS, but the accuracy is GREAT, so I don't mind waiting a full extra second longer than the other shooters to hear the "gong" from a steel plate at 1k
Nice rifle
What’s the Muzzle speed of the bullet? I think you use 168 SMK and does it do 1 moa accuracy?
What’s the twist?
Thats an old Rem factory 1:12 barrel. Going from (distant) memory my MV trued out at around 2450fps with Black Hills 175gr. I didn't bother to run it over the Magnetospeed after I eventually got one.
Aside from a rare Benchrest match for fun, I don't generally shoot for groups, but it's solidly under 1moa. What impressed me back when I was shooting that rifle was that even though the setup wasn't optimal, it was wickedly accurate at extended ranges. I had meaningful misses and repeatable hits out to around 1100yds, despite going transonic somewhere around 950ish.
In today's world, with today's options, that rifle makes very little sense in terms of the money that went into a factory Rem, but back then that was just what most of us did. I have way better setups now for target shooting, but that rifle has remained unchanged from that configuration as my accurate, lightweight hunting rifle (mismatched SFP Mk4 and all).
700 action, I had Rbros spin up a fluted 18in broughton barrel. Kampfield Custom did the bolt and handle work.
manners MCS-TA
Vortex AMG
11lbs as pictured without the can
Here's my new 18" 22 creedmoor barrel. I got to put the first few rounds through it today out to 1035yds while social distancing. The barrel contour is the proof competition contour which is a pretty thick little girl! With my 26" 6.5cm barrel the rifle weighs 18.4 lbs, and with this shorter barrel the rifle weighs 18.0 lbs.
Do Rimfires count? Been wanting to be able to post in this thread for a while.
This is sick. I’m toying around with building a 6.5, 223 trainer or a 308 shorty to shoot subs. This is a great example of why I want one so bad.
Have fun finding the parts. I only built it because all the hardest parts to find fell in my lap.
Thanks i like how it turned out. 7.6lbs w/0 can and 8.7 with the can
I was curious if anyone has done a shorty suppressed build on a Cadex folder comp lite chassis? Kind of specific but I know there has to be someone...
Has anybody measured how much weight savings there was from cutting down a Tikka T3 Varmint from 24" to 16"?
According this website
Barrel Weight Calculator - PAC-NOR Barreling, Inc. - Precision Rifle Barrels - Pac-Nor.com
Pac-Nor provides custom rifle barrels to a variety of clients ranging from varmint hunters to serious benchrest shooters. PAC-NOR has been re-barreling rifle actions since 1985. Whether you would like your favorite hunting rifle re-barreled or want an exotic wildcat cartridge in your next...
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You save about 1.3 pounds in the varmint profile
