Fierce Firearms Carbon Mini Rogue 2.0 22 Creedmoor 16" Rifle

A 16 inch barrel on a bolt gun is a deliberate trade. Velocity comes off the top compared to a longer tube, but the rifle gets short enough to work out of a truck, a blind or a pack without catching on everything, and the balance moves back between the hands where it belongs on a walking gun. Chambered in 22 Creedmoor, the short barrel matters less than it would on a bigger case, and what is left is still moving quickly.

22 Creedmoor came out of the same short action case as the 6.5, necked down to take .224 bullets in the heavier weights. Those long bullets hold their line in wind far better than anything the .223 case can push, and the recoil is mild enough to spot hits without a spotter. Coyotes at distance and steel past four hundred yards are where the cartridge earns its keep. The Carbon Mini Rogue 2.0 stock is the compact version of the Rogue, cut with a shorter length of pull for shooters who get stretched out behind a standard hunting rifle. Shorten the stock, shorten the barrel, keep a cartridge that reaches, and what is left is a bolt gun a smaller shooter can actually run without fighting it.