how many of you hunt with an SBR?

I dont see any advantage personally unless youre stalking in thick bush or are in a cramped blind/tree blind.

The extra energy is well worth the weight in my opinion.

That being said ive hunted with a 6.5x55 sporter, 18.5 inch barrel, in a tree blind that was very cramped with 4 windows. To change from window to window necessitates the sbr.
Was hunting deer up to 200y. Successful 160y shot in vitals... Ran about 20y before dropping for good.
 
My favourite and main hunting rifles are all short barrel,
In NZ I have a finlight 7-08 chopped to 17", with a overbarrel suspressor, and carbine 30-30 lever, these get used heavy bush country, a 7x57 or .358 with 22" barrels if in areas were I expect longer 250m shots are expected. Or likely.

In Canada.
I really like my mannlicher, 1903 in 6.5x54, carry it a lot, 18.5" carbine,
Have a set of new barrels for my double rifle, on order in 7x57R 18.5".
I think it's going to depend, on the type of hunting you do, and the kind of country your hunting in, I like being in the bush, and walking/stalking, so a carbine, short barrel is good in tighter cover.
 
Define "SBR."

I know what it stands for, but what are your parameters? I don't consider carbines to be SBR's.
 
Two of my favorite hunting rifles are my Ruger Frontier .358 and my compact .308 both have 16.5 " barrels, and both are very effective to 250 yards.
 
bunny said:
Two of my favorite hunting rifles are my Ruger Frontier .358 and my compact .308 both have 16.5 " barrels, and both are very effective to 250 yards.
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Love my M77 MKII Frontier 7-08 & .358 carbines (16.5") as well as my M77 MKII RS .308 & .358 carbines (18.5")... but I don't really consider those to be SBR's.
 
Gatehouse said:
SBR is a USA legal definition meaning a rifle with a barrel less than 16” and requiring a tax stamp.
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"SBR" is an abbreviation of a term used in the USA... but... it is also a generic term used in casual dialogue referring to any "Short Barrelled Rifle." I have heard it defined in many ways, depending on the context of the coversation... case in point, see the OP's quote below...

Mr. Friendly said:
I don't consider carbines to be SBR either...some carbine's don't really have a short barrel. but that said, I guess I'd define an SBR as anything 18.5" and shorter for barrel length.
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Shortest rifle I currently hunt with has a 20-22” barrel, so no sbr’s here. Shotguns however I can play, have 12.5” and 14” barreled 870’s I hunt upland game with. Grouse and snowshoe hare primarily, out to 50-60y I’d shoot a deer with either of them with slugs as I’ve spent some time with them knowing where they shoot slugs out to those distances.
 
Mr. Friendly said:
I didn't know it actually had an official designation...but not surprised. in any case, as I answered Hoyt, I personally think anything shorter than 18.5" as an SBR.
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Yup, that's why the term exists, really. In US legal terms a rifle with a 16"+ barrel but is under 26" long is also a SBR. Most of the time when someone references a SBR in Canada they just use a more casual term like "carbine." For instance, in Canada AR15's with 10.5, 12.5 and 14.5" barrels are fairly common, but nobody calls them "SBR" as there is no legal difference between a 10.5" barrel AR15 or a 20" barrel AR15. Although often people will call them "shortys" :)

On to your question of under 18.5" barrels.....

There are lever guns with 16 and 12" barrels. Some single shot rifles with short barrels like the TC. Camp Cook has a number of them and he's posted pics lots of times. In the USA they would probably require a SBR tax stamp. I've got a Ruger Scout with a 16.1" barrel and it's awesome to hunt with. I think you can get Troy PAR rifles with 16" barrels and you may even be able to rebarrel with a 14.5" AR barrel as long as you plug the gas port somehow.
 
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there is a host of options in lever action arms.
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I have a Henry Mares Leg in .22LR for critters and a Henry .357 Mares Leg with a full length Winchester butt stock that I have taken deer and a pesky skunk with. I would hunt more with my SBSs but I need at lease a 28 to reach out on my upland outings.
 
Garaldtao said:
I would hunt more with my SBSs but I need at lease a 28 to reach out on my upland outings.
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You just need chokes in short shotgun barrels, pattern accordingly. Barrel length helps with swing and muzzle velocity, you can do anything with a choked short barrel that you can with a longer choked barrel. Some time at the patterning board and a bit of getting used to swinging the short barrel while wing shooting and your good to go. They are fun to hunt with, ear pro is recommend as they are bloddy loud lol.
 
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