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In 222 Remington they would be good, albeit a loss of maybe 150 fps velocity.
But they are very noisy in 308. One reason for them not being popular in their early life is the fact that the Mohawk came on the market about two years before one could walk into a sporting goods store and buy the type of ear muffs that most of us use now.
They originally were available in 35 Remington and I regret not getting one when they came out.
I had one in 308W and not one set of ear muffs I had would prevent my ears from ringing when shooting it.
I was once shooting it at the range, the only shooter there. When I went to the club house there were three shooters there and they asked me what kind of a magnum I was shooting! I sold that rifle because I did not want to shoot even one shot hunting with it, without ear muffs on.
But they are very noisy in 308. One reason for them not being popular in their early life is the fact that the Mohawk came on the market about two years before one could walk into a sporting goods store and buy the type of ear muffs that most of us use now.
They originally were available in 35 Remington and I regret not getting one when they came out.
I had one in 308W and not one set of ear muffs I had would prevent my ears from ringing when shooting it.
I was once shooting it at the range, the only shooter there. When I went to the club house there were three shooters there and they asked me what kind of a magnum I was shooting! I sold that rifle because I did not want to shoot even one shot hunting with it, without ear muffs on.
Just to elaborate on how the 18 1/2 inch barrel made the Mohawk unpopular when they came out in the 60s. This was late in the period often referred to as the glory years of shooting and hunting, with a goodly number of shooting editors in US glossy magazines, all having an influence on shooters of the day. But one shooting editor, Jack O'Connor, had more influence on the shooting fraternity than all the other gun editors put together. Jack did not like short barrelled rifles and used to write that a rifle in the 308/30-06 class should have a barrel no shorter than 22 inches, while a magnum should have either 24 or 26 inch barrels.
O'Connor pushed Winchester and I don't think any of their high powered bolt action rifles had barrels shorter than 22 inches.
Remington brought out the first Model 700 rifles with 20 inch barrels, in the same age era as the Mohawk, and they too, went over like a lead balloon, until they increased the barrel length.
O'Connor pushed Winchester and I don't think any of their high powered bolt action rifles had barrels shorter than 22 inches.
Remington brought out the first Model 700 rifles with 20 inch barrels, in the same age era as the Mohawk, and they too, went over like a lead balloon, until they increased the barrel length.
