Thread: Getting the most out of a 308.

I recently bought a Howa with a nice Bell & Carlson stock on it.Someone cut the barrel back to 16" and put a A-tec can on it. Good rig for tight stuff but not what I want for shooting at Reindyr up to 500m.

Lothar-Walther has a special on Crome Molly Barrels at the moment and they have some .30 cal tubes up to 28" in length.I want to be chucking as heavy a bullet as I can up to my maximum self imposed shooting limit of 500 m. I bought a second hand S&B PMii with recknagle rings so thats the glass side of the equation covered,I dont like bipods so I would be resting the rifle on my pack for long shots.

My questions are:

1) Is it worth paying extra for a 28" barrel?

2) Should I look for any rifling twist in particular?

There is a long range shooting range just down the road with regular classes.I will join up and get to learn the Rifle and combo but have to get this project thrown together fairly quickly.

Thanks in advance.