dreadpirate Wrote:I think a 14 or 16" barrel makes for a handy rifle. I don't get why so many guys think you have to have a 20 to 24" barrel if you are going to shoot 6.5 Grendel.
You don't have to have a 20 but why not have both. A 20 & a14.5. As I said in an earlier post I have a 20 coming from the group buy, soon real soon. I built my 14.5 for the big woods of northern WI. 50 yrs is a long shot up there. But the last couple years I find myself the last half of the season sitting on a 400 plus yds field in central WI. Last year a nice buck came out at 400 plus yds and I'm sitting there with the 14.5. So it a case of the right tool for the job.