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Thread: ideal barrel length for 223, is there a formula?

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  1. 14-02-2023, 08:01 AM #1
    Tahr
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    Quote Originally Posted by hamishg View Post
    Cheers gents, I'm looking at a DPT overbarrel on a t3x so minimum barrel length of 16-17" by my workings to clear the stock. Min length of 19" with a Maniatis. Are you running the stainless baffle? Presumably they'll last longer with intermittent cleaning? Other than zeroing probably won't be firing long strings of shots.
    DPT say they must be cleaned. But I don't 'cos they soon get welded together by heat. You need to do it right from the start. But I fire up to 200 shots in a day and right from the get go that cooks the baffles tight. Mine don't have the SS baffle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
    DPT say they must be cleaned. But I don't 'cos they soon get welded together by heat. You need to do it right from the start. But I fire up to 200 shots in a day and right from the get go that cooks the baffles tight. Mine don't have the SS baffle.
    Cheers, I'll just get one with an ss baffle and it should last years with my planned round count
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