16 inch barrel?

[Kevan]

Short barrels tend to be stiffer and thus more accurate. I'm surprised those Frontier models didn't sell better. I always thought they were a great platform.

Very true, I'd my mine again in a heartbeat..

 

[Slooshark1]

I have the Hawkeye compact in. 260 and my 11 year old son can shoot it all day long. It's also the most accurate rifle I own. It'll shoot a ragged hole at 100 yards with factory cor-lokts.

 

[sunray]

If you shoot on a range without hearing protection, hearing loss will be the same with a 26" barrel. When you're hunting, you're not shooting often.
No loaded firearms in your tent.

 

[Slooshark1]

You can't have a loaded firearm in a tent? Why not?

 

[AG]

I have one in 338 federal and. Still get 2500fps with it and 200g bullet great little package. I would not hesitate for that prce

Curious, is that over a chono?

My Ruger Frontier 358 is far more accurate than I ever imagined a 16.5 " rifle would be .
And as for reach it has no problem bouncing 200 gr. Hornadys off the 300 yd. gong.
It filled a deer tag first time out...

I concur and echo this. I also have a 358 Frontier that will regularly print ~MOA.
Sweet little shooters they are, but I stayed away from the smaller cals with the short barrel to take advantage of expansion ratio.

 

[Calum]

If you shoot on a range without hearing protection, hearing loss will be the same with a 26" barrel. When you're hunting, you're not shooting often.
No loaded firearms in your tent.

It just takes one shot to damage ones hearing.
No loaded firearms in tent must be an Ontario thing.

 

[keith mokry]

The speed was over a chrono and was a federal blue box. I was surprized with that speed myself

 

[Boomer]

It just takes one shot to damage ones hearing.
No loaded firearms in tent must be an Ontario thing.

More like a Sunray thing.

 

[AG]

The speed was over a chrono and was a federal blue box. I was surprized with that speed myself

That's up there. I've tried 3 powders (3031, 4895, TAC) and most I can safely squeeze from the 358 with 200 grainers is ~2450.

 

[6.5x55swm]

thanks the info , when I said "tent", my ground blind can sleep 3 lol

 

[6.5x55swm]

i am buying the hawkeye this weekend

 

[woodchopper]

I don't think it is any noisy than a magnum or the lady's quacking some days. She still hasn't learnt to right it down on paper so I can read it later

I'm slightly tone deaf on one side (too many military range exercises) I let to old lady quack on that side...