Fierce Firearms Carbon Mini Rogue 2.0 308 Win 20" Rifle

Fierce Firearms built the Rogue line around one idea: a bolt action hunting rifle light enough that you stop noticing it on a long climb. The Carbon Mini Rogue 2.0 is the short action version of that idea, chambered here in 308 Win. A 20" barrel is the sweet spot for a 308 in the mountains. You give up very little velocity against a 24" tube, the rifle balances between the hands instead of hanging out front, and it handles in timber where a longer barrel snags on everything you walk past.

The Carbon name points at the carbon fiber construction Fierce uses to hold the weight down, and the 2.0 marks the second generation of the Mini Rogue. Chambering is 308 Win, still the most available short action hunting cartridge in North America and the easiest to feed if you do not handload. Recoil stays manageable for most shooters, factory loads run from light varmint bullets up to heavy bonded hunting bullets, and it will take anything on this continent inside sensible range. That combination, in a rifle this size, covers a lot of country.