Thread: We really are different!

I think it's also inpart that the old line of thinking of needing long barrels to shoot long distance has been largely minimized.

Imagine 30y ago saying to people; see this 16" 7mm08 here, it'll slot a redskins at 400y. Most people would've laughed their arses off at you.

I think on that note is people are more educated(can't speak for everyone) on ballistics and bullet construction combined with the advances in powders, cartridge design and projectiles. I mean look at the 6.5 Creedmore for example.

After Friday's outing I'm seriously contemplating shortening my 308 by 4" as I just love 16" barrels.

Which on that note anything 16" or shorter is considered a SBR in the US which requires a tax stamp from the ATF similar to the tax stamp for a suppressor which explains why the factory carbines are 16.5" from the US.