28 nosler minimum barrel length?

[Backcountry_HDO]

Putting together a 28 for this upcoming season. Need it to be light as possible.

Wanting to know what’s the shortest barrel length anyone would do? I’ve been told 24” but I’ll also be running a 10” can.

Think 20” would work? Wanting to run 195s

Thanks!

 

[VargmatII]

I recently cut my 300 win mag barrel back from 29" to 24" and to my surprise, it does not seem like I lost more than about 30 ms in the process.
The balance of the rifle got a lot better too. Oh, and I rund a 7" can on it. No regrets so far, but I dont think I would go shorter than that.

I would guess that a 20" 28 Nosler would be somewhat of a flamethrower.

 

[bob7-08]

if you are looking for a 20" 7mm on a magnum action you should consider the 7 saum or even the 7 blaser;
i used to have a 20" 300 wm,it was not something really efficient!
ps you should check if your suppressor can be mount on a shorty magnum caliber rifle..

 

[Backcountry_HDO]

if you are looking for a 20" 7mm on a magnum action you should consider the 7 saum or even the 7 blaser;
i used to have a 20" 300 wm,it was not something really efficient!
ps you should check if your suppressor can be mount on a shorty magnum caliber rifle..

Thank you I didn’t think of that. Maybe I’ll just go 24” to be safe.

 

[Gerry McGinnis]

We run several 24” ones here, and I wouldn’t build one shorter. As mentioned before, go 7SAUM if you want to go 20-22”. I run my 28s throated long with 180ELD-M in CIP mags, with a ton of RL33 behind it, and 24” is the bare minimum I’d consider with that much powder for bore size.

 

[jda2631]

If you go for a short action, check out 7ss. I am getting 2850 from a 20" 7ss with 175 bergers and RL26. Could hit 2900 if I wanted to I think, never hit pressure but just found a good load at 2850 and stuck with it.

My 26" 28 Nosler is getting 3050 with N570 and 195's. If you go down to 20", I would imagine you would be somewhere around 28-2850. Combo of big for caliber bullet requiring slow powder on a short barrel will lose a lot. I think your overall numbers would be better with a 160-180 class bullet and a faster powder for a short barrel.