Heavy Barrel Accuracy - How Much Better?
04-19-2009 | 10:45 PM
#11
Typical Buck
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From: Livonia,new york
RE: Heavy Barrel Accuracy - How Much Better?
my old heavy barrel in .223 shot like a lemon
but thats where the positives stop
those barrels are heavy, and a chore to tote around, let alone shoot off hand
as much as i loved it i sold it
to much work for me while i was chasing yotes
but thats where the positives stop
those barrels are heavy, and a chore to tote around, let alone shoot off hand
as much as i loved it i sold it
to much work for me while i was chasing yotes
04-20-2009 | 05:40 PM
#12
Boone & Crockett
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RE: Heavy Barrel Accuracy - How Much Better?
All other things being equal and by that I mean the barrel length, chamber, bore finish, bore consistancy, rifling, crown, etc... the heavier barrel will be more accurate than a lighter weight barrel.
Same thing applies to a shorter barrel as it does a heavy barrel. A short barrel of equal diameter will be more accuratethan a longer barrel of equal diameter.
Same thing applies to a shorter barrel as it does a heavy barrel. A short barrel of equal diameter will be more accuratethan a longer barrel of equal diameter.
04-21-2009 | 03:37 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: VA, USA
RE: Heavy Barrel Accuracy - How Much Better?
ORIGINAL: bigbulls
All other things being equal and by that I mean the barrel length, chamber, bore finish, bore consistancy, rifling, crown, etc... the heavier barrel will be more accurate than a lighter weight barrel.
Same thing applies to a shorter barrel as it does a heavy barrel. A short barrel of equal diameter will be more accuratethan a longer barrel of equal diameter.
All other things being equal and by that I mean the barrel length, chamber, bore finish, bore consistancy, rifling, crown, etc... the heavier barrel will be more accurate than a lighter weight barrel.
Same thing applies to a shorter barrel as it does a heavy barrel. A short barrel of equal diameter will be more accuratethan a longer barrel of equal diameter.
I have often heard that a shorter barrel(such as you described)is more accurate but why is this the case?
04-21-2009 | 04:49 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: Heavy Barrel Accuracy - How Much Better?
Exactly. The shorter you cut a barrel the stiffer that barrel becomes and the less it is effected by the harmonics of the bullet and gasses traveling through the bore.
Another effect of a short barrel being stifferis that you can get equal accuracy out of a short thin barrel as you can out of a longthick barrel.
Another effect of a short barrel being stifferis that you can get equal accuracy out of a short thin barrel as you can out of a longthick barrel.
