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.300 Win Mag w\ 26" barrel, shortest and lightest suppressor recommendation?
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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2947779" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>You're trying to ride two horses with one saddle IMO. </p><p></p><p>If you're planning on hand carrying a rifle in the woods and think it's practical to actually take an off-hand shot with it, get something short, I mean like a 16" barrel. Whatever velocity is lost is made up for by the shot being close enough that you probably are struggling to line up a 2x power scope and the yardage is most likely only in double-digits. I built a 338 Federal just for this exact use - big heavy bullet and slow doesn't matter because it's so close it still smacks hard. Instead of paying to re-barrel a rifle not built for this use, I'd save up and get a complete second rifle. There are a lot of good factory choices around the $1,000 level that will come with threaded 18-20" barrels.</p><p></p><p>I also shoot a 30" CF barrel with a 12" TBAC 338 Ultra. But it's not like I carry it around with the can on it all the time - offhand shots are oh so very rare when carrying a 14# 54" long rifle in a pack <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> Takes all of 5 seconds to screw the can on when it's time to dig in with the bipod and set up. I use a TBAC brake permanently mounted on the rifle, and the can is very repeatable coming off and going on.</p><p></p><p></p><p>TBAC Ultra 7 has been my go-to for several years now. But I just got an AB Raptor that might take the top spot over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2947779, member: 116181"] You're trying to ride two horses with one saddle IMO. If you're planning on hand carrying a rifle in the woods and think it's practical to actually take an off-hand shot with it, get something short, I mean like a 16" barrel. Whatever velocity is lost is made up for by the shot being close enough that you probably are struggling to line up a 2x power scope and the yardage is most likely only in double-digits. I built a 338 Federal just for this exact use - big heavy bullet and slow doesn't matter because it's so close it still smacks hard. Instead of paying to re-barrel a rifle not built for this use, I'd save up and get a complete second rifle. There are a lot of good factory choices around the $1,000 level that will come with threaded 18-20" barrels. I also shoot a 30" CF barrel with a 12" TBAC 338 Ultra. But it's not like I carry it around with the can on it all the time - offhand shots are oh so very rare when carrying a 14# 54" long rifle in a pack 🤣 Takes all of 5 seconds to screw the can on when it's time to dig in with the bipod and set up. I use a TBAC brake permanently mounted on the rifle, and the can is very repeatable coming off and going on. TBAC Ultra 7 has been my go-to for several years now. But I just got an AB Raptor that might take the top spot over. [/QUOTE]
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