Quote Originally Posted by SavageShooter View Post
I ain't got a dog in this dust up, but one thing I have always wondered about and that is how come people carry around those long, heavy barrled rifles? Are they just glutton's for punishment, or is it because they see some advantage in shooting those heavy barrels? Heavy barrels are even available for the AR platform rifles. Why do you suppose they are? This is a mystery to me. I just can't figure it out.
Well I carry one of those from the cart to the bench but no further!

Its a statistical thing, much higher chance that a heavy barrel is less prone to walking as it heats up, less whip and takes longer to heat up.

So pretty much if you want to shoot long strings you are better off with a heavy.

I have a Savage 06 light barrel (donor for a build and wanted to see what it would do) didn't get it to shoot what I wanted, but it also would be good enough for a Caribou or a Moose. Muzzle measurement was pretty loose for a new barrel (I have the tool to check 30 caliber). I also did not spend a whole lot of time with it, I may do so down the road.

So for a 300 WM I would go a Savage Varmint contour.