01-29-2012, 05:09 AM
At longer ranges like that it doesn't matter because wind becomes dominant. A crappy 2 moa gun will shoot a 20 inch circle at a thousand yards on a dead calm day.
Problem is there are very, very few dead calm days.
An error of 2 mph in doping the wind will throw you off that far at 1,000 yards.
Even if shortening the barrel does have this effect it will be more than offset by the loss of muzzle velocity at longer ranges.
You are probably better off finding a good node for a longer barrel in terms of real world accuracy. That and learning to dope the wind as best you can.
RR
Problem is there are very, very few dead calm days.
An error of 2 mph in doping the wind will throw you off that far at 1,000 yards.
Even if shortening the barrel does have this effect it will be more than offset by the loss of muzzle velocity at longer ranges.
You are probably better off finding a good node for a longer barrel in terms of real world accuracy. That and learning to dope the wind as best you can.
RR