Barrel length and accuracy

[ARTrooper]

I find this whole thread hilarious. especially when someone says longer barrels, that create velocity, that help resist the environmental effects such as wind, are more accurate than shorter barrels. When I think of accuracy, I think of repeatability. But adjusting for things like wind, doesn't exactly repeat each shot. So in my way of thinking, the only way to truly test the "accuracy" of shorter to longer barrels is to fire them in controlled conditions so that no adjustments need to be made.

Anyone have a 1000 yard indoor range?

[Sisco]

2 hours ago, 98Z5V said:

And, as I said earlier...

Well said.

[jtallen83]

1 hour ago, ARTrooper said:

So in my way of thinking, the only way to truly test the "accuracy" of shorter to longer barrels is to fire them in controlled conditions so that no adjustments need to be made.

Here is an interesting read on the quest for ultimate accuracy;

http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/max357/houston.html

They determined that 21 3/4 inch was the optimal barrel length for accuracy.

Edited January 24, 2017 by jtallen83

[ARTrooper]

very good read, thank you jtallen. still 21 3/4 is to long for me unless it is a dedicated bench or long range rifle. lots of cool stuff in that article though.

[Robocop1051]

I hunt with a 16" .308 and have harvested everything from rabbits to bears with that round. I absolutely love when people tell me I NEED a longer barrel.

[beantown]

On 1/23/2017 at 10:06 PM, jtallen83 said:

Here is an interesting read on the quest for ultimate accuracy;

http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/max357/houston.html

They determined that 21 3/4 inch was the optimal barrel length for accuracy.

Damn good article J. Now to find someone to cut and crown a 7mm-08 AR barrel to 21 3/4". 

[Sisco]

JT thanks man.   I had read this article and thought of it when this discussion came back up. Some great stuff came out of that set up down in Houston. Glad I got a chance to reread it brother.

[ARTrooper]

7mm-08, love the round. if they develop wider rage of bullets/cartridges, it would basically be able to do anything.

 

wish I had access to the Houston warehouse to see how accurate my rifles are.

[blue109]

Someone just had a 7mm08 DPMS upper for sale on the local classifieds.

[beantown]

6 hours ago, blue109 said:

Someone just had a 7mm08 DPMS upper for sale on the local classifieds.

Had? As in you bought it? OK where is it? Or what local ads?

Edited February 2, 2017 by beantown

[blue109]

I went back and looked after I posted. Don't see it anymore. I can only afford my 5.56, 308, and 9mm. Sold everything else lol. 

Edited February 2, 2017 by blue109

[planeflyer21]

15 minutes ago, blue109 said:

I went back and looked after I posted. Don't see it anymore. I can only afford my 5.56, 308, and 9mm. Sold everything else lol. 

That's odd.

I could let you have a sweet deal on this 7mm08 upper I just got.  

[shepp]

14 minutes ago, planeflyer21 said:

That's odd.

I could let you have a sweet deal on this 7mm08 upper I just got.  

How sweet? ?

[ARTrooper]

I thought about building a 7mm-08 instead of 260 rem... maybe if I had elk to hunt I would.

[MikedaddyH]

On 1/26/2017 at 10:40 AM, Robocop1051 said:

I hunt with a 16" .308 and have harvested everything from rabbits to bears with that round. I absolutely love when people tell me I NEED a longer barrel.

But you didn't say how big the bear was.

[Robocop1051]

6 minutes ago, MikedaddyH said:

But you didn't say how big the bear was.

You can ask any Aussie. Those are vicious little bastards!!

[98Z5V]

14 minutes ago, MikedaddyH said:

But you didn't say how big the bear was.

Little fucker tasted great, with gravy. 

[MikedaddyH]

[MikedaddyH]

[Sisco]

51 minutes ago, 98Z5V said:

Little fucker tasted great, with gravy. 

[98Z5V]

Saw that a "guest" was reading this thread, so I hopped back in here.  Just read through the whole thing.

This is one EPIC thread. 

Seems that every new person trolling the board is looking at REALLY OLD SHIIT HERE.  I guess that fits what they were searching for - with whatever they were searching for.

Not long ago, some new fucker said that this was a dead board, or something like that - and he was looking at all the treads from 2010, 2011, and such - "low traffic" he said, because he didn't see responses to those old-ass threads.

Whatever.  Take your Low Traffic Ass somewhere else, if we disappoint you in the manner that you didn't expect.