Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Ideal barrel length for suppressed 7mm08

I’d consider the overall length at least as much if not more than the velocity. In 2007 I chopped my 7-08 to 20” (never shot it full length)
At first I was disappointed in velocity using single base powders like 4350. I tried N550 and it sang with 140gr at 2,800fps. Now I shoot 120gr BTs under N140 or H4895. Suppressors have moved on and my long heavy can could be replaced with a shorter lighter model for the same overall length on a 22” barrel but I doubt the difference is enough to worry about for the added cost.
High energy powders are your friend when keeping performance in shorter barrels. No doubt it’ll wear faster but no more than or better than a CM pushed hard