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Seen some pretty short 308's made by Scott Trail. It comes down to acheiving a decent powder burn/speeds. I think he got the barrel down to 12 inches maybe. My memory is a bit spotty on it.

I don't have the gear unfortunately. Sounds like an interesting idea though. I've done the Swiss cheese receiver on a another rifle. Made a little difference but not enough to warrant the cost....

The amount of extra work modding this stock design for the Tikka is taking I'm not so sure about that statement Tahr haha!

I'll probably go the bolt fluting route, but the barrel won't have any add on's. Done the lightweight bolt handle and need to do the shroud too. The buttpad will be the usual foam jandal, rubber pads...

Working on a 270 superlite at the moment as a experiment on how light I can get it. Im not going to mill the receiver though, I like the rigidity of this action and would rather not lose it. Will let...