26 inch barrel and lower recoil

[Papa]

Howdy,

I am thinking of the 26 inch bull barrel on the Varmint A4 as opposed to the 20 inch for reasons of reduced recoil.  Old injury that does not need to be aggravated...

Am thinking of a muzzle brake also, but thought I might not need it with the 26 inch bull. 

Your thoughts?  Thanks...

[imschur]

Is the weight of that weapon going to cause you a different kind of grief? My 24" DPMS weighs in the neighborhood of 16 pounds

Would it help you to shoot from a tripod? Manfrotto Tripod 055CXPRO3

[Papa]

This one would be more like 12 lbs.  The weight does concern me, but not near as much as the full recoil of a .308 with an 8 lb rifle. 

I can always stop and rest carrying the rifle, and plan to mate it with a bipod.  The tripod I guess is a joke based on the physics of it all, but like I said, I am here to learn from those who know.

Thanks...

Oh, plan to attempt to reduce the wild hog population with the rifle more than anything else. 

[imschur]

Actually the Tripod is no joke. Larue sells the whole package. Member Tacblade here has the setup too I believe.

Hmm 12# with a 26" bull barrel. What stock? That seems the most likely place to hit that weight. The down side is the balance will suck with a light stock.

Here's my 24" DPMS http://308ar.com/build2/DPMS_LR-308_Build_2_final.jpg 

[Papa]

Sweet!  Doesn't look like 16 lbs, but I won't second guess you. 

Is there a post here somewhere, maybe a poll of the rifles the folks here like best? 

Thanks for all your input.

[imschur]

Well the weight sneaks up on you. Add a fully loaded magazine, bipod,PRS and a big optic.

There no thread that I can recall that meets what your asking.

Glad to help

[Papa]

PRS?

Well, maybe you could start a "Show us your favorite .308" thread, including stats.  Two categories, complete builds, and complete rifle with any modifications.  Just a thought borrowed from the AR15 sites. 

Picatinny Rail System?

[edgecrusher]

Papa, my 20 " larue with the prs, a harris ultralight bipod, an accushot mono, and a leupold mk4 comes in a c hair under 16lbs. For what you are looking at that is a good target weight.

[edgecrusher]

Prs= magpuls Precision Rifle Stock, an excellent adjustable stock

[Papa]

Accushot mono, is that a fore grip extension? 

Thanks for the info.  I looked at the LaRue.  Are you pleased with it?

[edgecrusher]

Accushot monopod attaches to the lower portion of my prs via picatinny rail, adjustable and lockable, very nice. As for my larue, it is a  phenom. Out of the box,sighted in its shooting 3/8" 5 shot groups with 168 gr gold medal match. Never thought I would do that

[Papa]

whoa, nice shootin' there, edgecrusher.

[edgecrusher]

For jordan it was the shoes, for me its the larue. I have range pics posted from sighting in, five shots at 100, one flier to start and a four shot hole to finish, have had better but no pics. She really is a beaut

[Papa]

I wil definitely revisit the LaRue website.  Care to post a pic of that rifle?

[edgecrusher]

I will,  later today, im at work right now.

[RayGun19]

What about going to a muzzle brake, and a heavy buffer?