Estimated Ballistics?

by MR, Sunday, May 19, 2013, 15:55 (4151 days ago)

My current project is going to get cut and threaded next week. Cheap, simple, and short are the hallmarks of this project. Cutting a Handi rifle in 7mm/08 to 16.25 inches and having it threaded 5/8 x 24 for my .308 suppressor. The requirement of a takedown that will readily fit in an 18 inch or shorter case, pretty well sealed in the youth model Handi Rifle as the easiest starting place. From every thing I can find, conjecture, and calculate, it appears that the resulting ballistics will be effectively identical to 7X57 ballistics. I want a suppressor ready, CHEAP, SHORT rifle that can ride in the front seat beside my left leg when just tooling around at the ranch. I have a good 4X fixed Leupold already assigned to the top of it. Additonal requirements: factory loads available at any Walmart, and minute of hog accuracy to 250 yards.

Anyone have any experience with a short 7mm/08?