11-22-2011, 12:46 AM
Varoum, barrel length answer is as always... It depends. What is your goal? Fo accuracy it proobably does not matter. How far do you intend to shoot? Which bullets do you intend to shoot? How heavy a rifle do you want? For me I like a handy light accurate carbine capable of taking deer/pigs/cyates to 400+ yards with 120 gr bullets; so my bolt grendels are 16&18 inches. If I had to do it over again I might go with 18-20 inch barels. If I hunted Canada, (Moose, Elk BIG Deer) I would probably want to push somthing like the 130gr Swift Sicoroco to 2500+fps so I would use a 22-24 inch barrel. If I hunted Antcosti Island I would be content with the 16 inch barell.
