I am really wanting a short barrel hunting bolt action (no longer than 18"), and i’m looking for a round that will perform well out of a shorter barrel.
The first cartridge that comes to mind is the 6.8spc, since it was designed for shorter barrels.
Has anyone converted, a .223 (like a stevens 200) over to a 6.8? I’d honestly like to get a ruger compact…but i’m not spending $800 plus glass…
maybe i should just go .308?
Remington built a few 700s in 6.8, but I would honestly just go with something like the 308.
Ruger does the M77 Compact in 6.8. It would benefit from having the chamber reamed to SPEC II deminsions…otherwise, a great little rifle.
just go .308, My Savage PC with a 14.5 inch barrel is shooting a 130gr Barnes TTSX at over 3000fps, and 168 barnes TTSX at 2,600fps into sub MOA groups. I prefer a 16 inch barrel for hunting I have a old Remington 788 in .308 that was cut down to 16inch, it shoots great, averages just over 1/2 inch 5 shot groups at 100yds. Dont worry about going short with a .308.
Are these hand loaded cartridges? Curious about the 168 TTSX’s
I would like a small 6.8 also one day, we used the AR 6.8’s in the woods this past week end, like it. I had a chance to see the Seekins mag system in use at Precision Rifle last week and it worked 100%, That on a lightweight stock, 16" .308 midweight barrel would be a nice choice also for the woods.
yes those are handloads, I have had two years loading for this rifle for my daughter both for hunting and local benchrest/precision competitions. Rifle has 600rds through it I have found that the savage has a fast barrel/chamber it averages around 100fps faster then my remington with same loads. It is a great woods gun was carried almost everyday for the past two weeks by a 95 pound girl through the woods and up trees. AR platform is a different story though I think i would prefer the 6.8, .308 feels heavy to me. The 168gr load is 46gr of varget with a cci200 primer in new winchester brass nothing special but it works well and is accurate usually sub 1/2 inch at 100 yds. I have a lot of experience with this rifle and short barreled .308 so I dont mind posting about them. I even took a savage 300wm mag to 16 inch it was accurate but lost a lot of velocity compared to the .308.
mind posting up a pic of that .308?
Here is a photo of it with the remington 788 for comparison the remington stock has been cut down 2 inches. The remington has been my woods gun for a long time, it is light, handy, and accurate. The savage is also handy, and accurate, but not as light, around 2 pounds heavier. I think the savage is just about perfect for a multi purpose rifle. The Savage is 37 inches OAL, and the Remington is 35 inches OAL.
after getting a Browning Xbolt micro hunter in 308 to test for a youth rifle with reduced loads (130g TTSX at 2850 FPS, recoil like a 243) I started bugging them about coming out with a properly speced 16-18" 6.8 in the same rifle…
Whatever came of that? I recall the thread now on 6.8 forums some time ago
haven’t heard any more on it…
plan to pester them some more!
Ok, synthetic stock and reasonably priced proper functioning mags.