BARREL LENGTH AND THE PRECISION RIFLE

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10 years 8 months ago #36466 by OleCowboy
Replied by OleCowboy on topic BARREL LENGTH AND THE PRECISION RIFLE

bipe215 wrote: If you've never read the "Secrets of the Houston Warehouse" article you need to if you're interested in precision shooting. Several guys would shoot in perfect conditions at night
(Illegally) in a giant warehouse from a heavy bench, under perfect conditions. They were fanatical about their reloads and discovered that the two most important factors were neck tension and barrel length. They claimed that 21 3/4 was the optimal length. It's long but a great read.

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

Steve

I read this with much interest. I found it interesting and again the age old advice keeps coming to the forefront...its the shooter, no matter what you do to the gun it does not aim.

Again I will say: My dad shot expert at 1000 yds with an off the rack as troop issued '03A3, no scope, no warehouse, hot day, cold day, rainy day, all day. That little feat paid $5 a month in 1934. The shooter has to take aim and do it exactly the same as the last shot, the gun won't do it for you.

21 ¾ bbl length. Few words were devoted to this which disappointed me, meaning the case was never made so it left more unanswered than answered.

What that article says is that GREAT shooters shoot GREAT.

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10 years 8 months ago #36468 by MrMarty51
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I feel that the longer barrel, about 22" would be thee best for My area.
I like to shoot P-Dogs, set up a distance away and bang away at the ones further out, after I eliminate as many as possible with a .22.
I have this Remington M1917 Enfield, 30-06 caliber, it has a 26" barrel which I think is proper for the diameter of the bullet and the amount of powder behind it.
Personally, I like as long of a barrel as possible, without cutting performance.

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