08-11-2012, 02:42 PM
The suppressor is going to more for killing paper and having fun then using it in the field. I'll use it for coyotes and ground squirrels and other stuff that you sit and wait for but dragging it through the brush doesn't sound to fun lol. That and we just got it legal last year to use suppressors in our state (WA)
I'm not expecting it to handle like a carbine because it's not going to be one. Take into consideration my hunting riffle that I use now. It's a Remington 700 Sendero chambered in .300RUM it has a 28" barrel with a center shot riffles "muscle brake" and Huskemaw optics scope.... she ain't no paper weight either, she comes in at just over 13lbs.
So all things considered, no... it won't handle like a swat team tactical barn burner, but I'm not building it to.
I want a SUPER light accurate hunting riffle that I can have some fun with.
I've considered 18" barrels but a friend of mine has a 20" and it shoots beautiful.
As far as precision long range and light weight, that's not entirely true. Typically yes sniper rifles and bench guns are CRAZY heavy but you have to ask yourself why? Well that's easy stability right? True heavy guns are more stable but that's only because they are EASIER to hold steady on a rest but not IMPOSSIBLE too.
At that points it becomes the shooter who is stable and not the gun.
For instance, my friend Cullen has a .338Norma fully trucked out BA mother effer. We ring steal with it all day at 1,200+ yards last year it took an 384-1/4" elk at 1,011yrds in one shot.
it weights 8-1/4lbs
So more is less sometimes when it comes to weight it just how you handle it and put it together that counts.
I'm not expecting it to handle like a carbine because it's not going to be one. Take into consideration my hunting riffle that I use now. It's a Remington 700 Sendero chambered in .300RUM it has a 28" barrel with a center shot riffles "muscle brake" and Huskemaw optics scope.... she ain't no paper weight either, she comes in at just over 13lbs.
So all things considered, no... it won't handle like a swat team tactical barn burner, but I'm not building it to.
I want a SUPER light accurate hunting riffle that I can have some fun with.
I've considered 18" barrels but a friend of mine has a 20" and it shoots beautiful.
As far as precision long range and light weight, that's not entirely true. Typically yes sniper rifles and bench guns are CRAZY heavy but you have to ask yourself why? Well that's easy stability right? True heavy guns are more stable but that's only because they are EASIER to hold steady on a rest but not IMPOSSIBLE too.
At that points it becomes the shooter who is stable and not the gun.
For instance, my friend Cullen has a .338Norma fully trucked out BA mother effer. We ring steal with it all day at 1,200+ yards last year it took an 384-1/4" elk at 1,011yrds in one shot.
it weights 8-1/4lbs
So more is less sometimes when it comes to weight it just how you handle it and put it together that counts.