Thread: 22 mag..how short

I just acquired a nice Marlin 22 mag, with a heavy varmint barrel.
It is quite unbalanced, and noisy. Therefore thinking of a chop and suppress.
How short can I go without risking accuracy out to 100 mts?

Originally Posted by Pengy

How short can I go without risking accuracy out to 100 mts?

Assuming your going to have a scope, short will likely increase accuracy.

Head over to the site ballistics by the inch to see what you are likely to do to your speed at various lengths. I ended up with a 12" barrel and am very happy with it


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Bloody hell! 12inches is, well, 12 inches.
Still legal I presume

Originally Posted by Pengy

Bloody hell! 12inches is, well, 12 inches.
Still legal I presume

It is, Annie make factory 14" ones and that little extra may cut es down so if doing it again I would consider that length


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Or go the whole hog and take it down to 762mm overall and it will fit in your pack better! Though being rimfire you can't take it on doc land

Give me a beer and 5 minutes with a hacksaw, I'll sort it for ya, 765mm total length
Cant guarantee a straight cut though

Originally Posted by mikee

Give me a beer and 5 minutes with a hacksaw, I'll sort it for ya, 765mm total length
Cant guarantee a straight cut though

Hahahahahahahahahahthere is no sign for Ive just peeed me selve

They say that a 22lr uses 100% of its powder in 10-12 inches of barrel. I was going to go 14 with it . They other option is to take a crony and a hacksaw down the range and find you length

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Originally Posted by Cartman

They other option is to take a crony and a hacksaw down the range and find you length

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These guys already have done that for us

http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/22mag.html




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I just had my hmr reduced to 16" and threaded for a can, much nicer than it was

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