Barrel length

[LR1955]

I remember some of that old thread about cutting down the barrel length. As I remember it, he started off with a 24 inch barrel and cut it down to about 11 inches . He cut it down in 1 inch increments and measured velocity. I remember nothing about any accuracy testing. As I recall there was little change inch for inch for between 11 and 14 inches (? maybe 7 fps/inch). Between 14 and 19 inches there was the biggest gain in velocity inch for inch (?35fps/inch); after that the gain in velocity went way down again with every inch. At that time I concluded that for me, a good stiff 18" fluted barrel would be about the optimum trade off for hunting length vs carry weight vs velocity.
If any of our members know Ed Snowden or the Communist Chinese Intelligence Service would you please ask them to did that old post out for us?
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Drift:

I believe you remembered the results pretty well. Lends credence to the utility of an 18 inch barrel for most uses.

I also recall a number of threads on ideal hunting lengths and all of them seemed to point towards the 18" length as well.

Am sure it will come up again and again though.

I will ask my Uncle Vlad if he can dredge up the thread we are talking about.

LR1955