urnhart Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Wanted to know if anyone has had the barrel cut down, iam thinking of buying one (30-06) but want the barrel cut to 18 inches. Will this defeet the comfort tech recoil A friend did it on the r1 wood stock with no problems but he also started at 20 inches not 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garren Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 [ 03-22-2006, 11:03 AM: Message edited by: garren ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Regardless of where you start, cutting the barrel to 18" will yield the same results. Make sure to have it cut by a skilled professional and to have it properly re-crowned, if you go through with it. Recoil may actually be slightly lessened, because you will not achieve optimum pressures with 18" of stick. This is assuming you're using factory loads. If handloading, you can compensate to some degree by using faster burning powders and a little more of it. At 18", it's going be markedly louder on the shooter end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urnhart Posted December 12, 2005 Author Share Posted December 12, 2005 Yes I know it will defineatly be louder, right now I shoot a Rem 7400 carbine, I like the shorter barrel, makes it better in the thick brush and blanket bogs of the adks. I will probably never shoot over 60 yards, and will be using a Leupold Vari X III 2.5-8. I guess the reason I want to cut it down is the same reason the Benoits cut theirs down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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