Sakoboomstick Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 how short can you go with 17 hmr barrel length? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Depends how much velocity you are prepared to trade. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakoboomstick Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 im happy to trade velocity, it the accuracy i do not want to compromise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Providing the barrel is properly recrowned I cant see why accuracy should be affected, it might even be improoved as the bullet is in the barrel for a shorter time. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casts_by_fly Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 like Al said, accuracy shouldn't be affected by shorter barrels unless you go too short that you're getting an extreme muzzle blast around the bullet as it exits. That isn't happening with the HMR. Velocity will drop. Bullberry did a test with an encore/contender barrel. They found ~19" for the maximum and around 16" for the optimum. They went as short as 10" to test. You can decide how much speed you want and how short a barrel you need. http://www.bullberry.com/HMRdata.html Thanks, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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