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Noveske x Sobchak Security - 12.5" 300BLK Q Mini Fix Barrel
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SKU 07000609
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Additional information
- Caliber / Material: 300 Blackout — 416R stainless
- Length: 12.5”
- Twist Rate: 1:5 twist
- Individual serialized barrel (QC traceability)
- Chamber: Hand polished SAAMI chamber
- Q Mini Fix Barrel extension
- Muzzle crown: 60°
- Muzzle threads: 5/8"x24 Non tapered shoulder
- Finish: Bead blasted Stainless
- Weight: 31.5 ounces
- Includes: Barrel, Homework, 1 each - North American Hunting - MOA and MIL ranging card
If Walter could have one rifle for hunting and general bowling, it would be a 12.5 inch 300 blackout Mini Fix with a 1/5 twist. Despite Walter's proclivity for long range bowling, the reality is the vast majority of hunting west of the Mississippi, let alone east of it, happens within 300 yards. With hybrid brass, such as the 120 Grain HotLoads that Walter will soon be selling, you have external ballistics that match 6.5 Grendel. They are effective on game out to 400 yards and capable of hitting reduced c zone steel out past 900 yards consistently. With subsonic ammo like the 188 Discreet Selous expanders, Walter would hunt any animal in North America up to and Including elk out to 200 yards. With bulk 220 grain subs, shooting out past 200 yards on small targets is so fun that it will make you smile like a middle school boy egging cars. Combine the ballistic performance with the smallest, lightest and ergonomic bolt action rifle made and you have something that truly needs to be experienced to fully appreciate.
For the last year, Walter has tested various prototype Noveske 300 blackout barrels on hunting trips from South Africa, to Oklahoma and the Rocky Mountains of the American west. With supers, he shot a large Fallow Deer at 386 yards, it went 50 yards. With subs, he shot a slew of pigs at ranges out to 271 yards, dropping them in their tracks with the right placement. In the Rockies, with the 188 Discreet Selous, Walter shot a cow elk at 120 yards. She went 25 yards and the wound track looked like it was from a magnum rifle. Not once did he feel underguned.
In Walter's opinion, 12.5 inch supersonic 300 blackout outperforms the same barrel lengths in all other small frame calibers on game inside of 400 yards. The 1/5 barrel twist insures rapid bullet expansion down to velocities well below that of 1/7 twist barrels. Rifle selection, like anything is game of compromises, and this barrel is the ideal blend of velocity, length, weight and size that will allow bowlers to have truly a 95% solution for hunting needs in the smallest and lightest package available. If Walter had to leave tomorrow on a backpack hunt in the rockies for Mule Deer, bear in the Cascades, Pigs in Texas or even an elk in the woods of Washington, Walter would feel very confident grabbing his minifix with the 12.5 Noveske barrel. If you will it, it is no dream!
