Fierce Firearms Carbon Rival XP 2.0 308 Win 20" Rifle

Fierce Firearms lists the Carbon Rival XP 2.0 as a bolt action rifle. This configuration pairs a 20 inch barrel with 308 Winchester.

308 Winchester is the default answer for a working hunting rifle and has been for seventy years. It fits a short action, which keeps the rifle compact and the bolt throw quick, and at 20 inches the barrel is long enough to keep the cartridge honest while staying easy to move through timber. Bullet weights run from light and fast to heavy and slow, so the same rifle can be set up for coyotes one weekend and elk the next by changing boxes. Recoil is manageable enough that practice actually happens, and practice is what puts bullets where they belong. Ammunition supply is the quiet advantage: 308 is stocked in places that have never heard of the fashionable cartridges, which matters more on a trip than any number on a chart.