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How short is too short?
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<blockquote data-quote="reubenski" data-source="post: 2909096" data-attributes="member: 36515"><p>In my opinion 5" is too short. I've had a 16" 300BO for a couple of years. I shoot a Thunderbeast 338 Ultra on it. 190gr bullets over 5.7gr Hodgdon Longshot. It's the quietest thing I've heard outside of a long barreled suppressed .22LR. I recently picked up a 9" 300BO barrel because I would like it to be shorter and more compact. It's noticably louder. Funny thing is the same load produces similar velocity in both barrels. </p><p></p><p>People that say it doesn't matter how short the barrel is bc it's a bolt gun are right in a sense. But in the same way I would disagree. In an AR you're only ever going to get so quiet bc of the ejection port noise. That's when the extra sound from a shorter barrel doesn't matter. The port noise will overpower the "at muzzle " noise and you'll never be able to hear the difference. In a bolt gun you can. </p><p></p><p>I haven't dialed in the best length yet between 9" and 16". Perhaps 12" gets you 90% of the sound reduction with only 30% more barrel, IDK yet. But I am having a 338 Spectre barrel chambered at 12" on the same action so we'll see how that sounds. </p><p></p><p>Check out the Maker bullets REX subsonics if you do want to shoot animals. The 190gr subX are garbage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reubenski, post: 2909096, member: 36515"] In my opinion 5" is too short. I've had a 16" 300BO for a couple of years. I shoot a Thunderbeast 338 Ultra on it. 190gr bullets over 5.7gr Hodgdon Longshot. It's the quietest thing I've heard outside of a long barreled suppressed .22LR. I recently picked up a 9" 300BO barrel because I would like it to be shorter and more compact. It's noticably louder. Funny thing is the same load produces similar velocity in both barrels. People that say it doesn't matter how short the barrel is bc it's a bolt gun are right in a sense. But in the same way I would disagree. In an AR you're only ever going to get so quiet bc of the ejection port noise. That's when the extra sound from a shorter barrel doesn't matter. The port noise will overpower the "at muzzle " noise and you'll never be able to hear the difference. In a bolt gun you can. I haven't dialed in the best length yet between 9" and 16". Perhaps 12" gets you 90% of the sound reduction with only 30% more barrel, IDK yet. But I am having a 338 Spectre barrel chambered at 12" on the same action so we'll see how that sounds. Check out the Maker bullets REX subsonics if you do want to shoot animals. The 190gr subX are garbage. [/QUOTE]
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