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carbine accuracy? - hill.brandonj - 07-21-2012
As some of you know, I've got a little reworking of my riffle to do thanks to a local gunshop! I have a sixteen inch barrel one in nine. Wondering if a longer barrel will be superior in accuracy or negligible for me under five hundred?
carbine accuracy? - Whelenon - 07-21-2012
Theoretically, accuracy shouldn't be a problem. What a longer barrel will give you is higher velocities which will deliver more energy and buck the wind better.
carbine accuracy? - ricsmall - 07-21-2012
your fine to 500. higher velocities would be MORE helpful if you were going out to 800-1000.
carbine accuracy? - RangerRick - 07-22-2012
Assuming you are shooting with a scope accuracy doesn't change with barrel length. Windage becomes dominant at longer ranges, so mv is a big factor.
With iron sights the longer barrel sometimes (if the front and rear sight are farther apart) gives you a longer sight radius so that improves accuracy.
RR