I don't know how they would handle with a 20" barrel, but I like the way my 7600 carbine (35 Rem.) handles better than the full length ones I've played with. The noise factor doesn't really matter to me as I wear hearing protection at the range and have never noticed the blast in the woods
For solo tracking days, my carbine has become one of my 2 "go-to" rifles. That may change as I play with my Little Sky more, but I don't think so. Odds are my old Model 100 is going to see less use this year.
George
�Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.�
