You still would need a 26" barrel to get the best performance out of the cartidge, so really who would want a stubby Kodiak.LOL ,almost all the crazy guys here!
The problem with the 300 H&H is it is ussually a hard sell against all the other modern 30 cal mags, but till you put a few rounds in the mag and see how well they feed and how accurate this cartidge is, then loosing a 100FPS than modern chamberings really doesn't matter?
Would love to se Sako and Winchester offer this in an current afordable model, good luck ,I hope someone will make the guns we want one day? cheers dale Z!