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Old 11-23-2009, 02:04 PM
ky wonder ky wonder is offline
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there are also other factors involved in this formula, becides just the barrel lenght, such as twist rate, type of rifleing, powder burn, ect.

(the military changed the bullet weight and charge on there 556 ammo when they changed to the shorter barreled m4 versus the m16s of my day) the m4s where not as acurate untill they changed the formula

powder burn rate a slow burning powder needs more barrel than a shorter burning variety, i have an old marlin model 1889 in 38-40 that has a 26" barrel that i can keep a #10 ( 1 gallon) can rolling with off hand at 100 yards, with open sights, the slow burning powder with the heavy ballard rifleing serve's to stabelize the old slow moving round. and the ky long rifles of there day where just that for that purpose.

there are 14-16 barrels today that are super accurate when shot with there designed loads,

this 17l glock was a very accurate pistol, out of the box, and with the 16inch barrel that is on it now, with the right ammo it is a serious contender that i use as my long gun in our local 3 gun matches

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1258999228

Last edited by ky wonder; 11-23-2009 at 02:07 PM.
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