ORIGINAL: TomFromTheShade
I was thinking about getting a Savage model 10FP-LE1. That is the tactical model with the 20" barrel. I wanted to know if any of you had chrono'd rounds out of a 20" barrel and compared the velocity with the 24" barrel. I know that the .308 Winchester doesn't burn a ton of powder, and that means it doesn't NEED a mile long barrel to get up to speed, but I have no experience with a 20" barrel. Any advice is appreciated.
Right! A 20" or even an 18" in .308 is plenty adequate-you'd lose maybe about 100 FPS vs a 24" barrel. So what? No game would ever know the difference-I have seen this much variation from shot to shot from rounds of factory ammo from the same box!!