02-28-2019, 04:45 AM
NugginFutz,
Let me ask you a question...would you use a slow powder in a short barrel? Most of the common powders are middle toward the slow end of powder burn rate charts.
Pistols use fast burning powders...WHY? Because they have short barrels and to get the most out of your powder charge, you want the last few grains at or near the muzzle.
I hunt out of trucks, blind and stalking through the woods all the time with 26" barrels. It's never cost me a shot nor given any reason to break out a saw to cut it in half.
As a mater of fact, UPS is delivering me a new 26" 6.5x284 varmint contour barrel tomorrow!
Let me ask you a question...would you use a slow powder in a short barrel? Most of the common powders are middle toward the slow end of powder burn rate charts.
Pistols use fast burning powders...WHY? Because they have short barrels and to get the most out of your powder charge, you want the last few grains at or near the muzzle.
I hunt out of trucks, blind and stalking through the woods all the time with 26" barrels. It's never cost me a shot nor given any reason to break out a saw to cut it in half.
As a mater of fact, UPS is delivering me a new 26" 6.5x284 varmint contour barrel tomorrow!