G'day all,
I recently sold my 7mm08 Kimber Montana as part of my move to all LH rifles.
I have picked up a LH Tikka T3x and need to get the barrel threaded and shortened as will be using it suppressed most of the time. It will be a hunting rifle mainly.
With my LH T3x in 223 I got the barrel shortened to 19.5 inches - what is the ideal compromise for 7mm08 in terms of performance and handiness?
I have spent several days reading articles and it seems on the one hand people say anything shorter than 22 inches impacts on performance too much and on the other the view is trim it to 18 and stick with lighter projectiles.
I reload and with my Kimber I mainly stuck with 120gr projectiles (Nosler BTs for hunting and Vmax and ProHunter for practice and range work), however it would be nice not to be limited to light projectiles.
What have others found in shorter barrelled and/or suppressed 7mm08s?
