M70 26" Barrel
 

I recently bought a Winchester Model 70 Classic Sporter in a 7mm Rem Mag, with 1 26" barrel. All of the ballistics charts I have found are based on a 24" barrel. My question is, what differences in ballistics does the 26" barrel make? How do I figure the ballistics for my rifle with the 26" barrel?

RE: M70 26" Barrel
 

without a chronograph youre going to be guessing to some extent anyway. One way you can figure it out is just by shooting groups at different ranges and then interpolating the drop results onto a ballistics chart. Most of the time you will see about 40 fps per inch of barrel, but not knowing what you are starting with makes it a guess. Difference in chamber dimensions and barrels makes it hard to pin down velocities in different guns of the same chambering. I have seen as much as 200 fps difference between guns with the same length barrel using the same load.