Thread: 308 barrel length velocity loss

One more point I found with the short barrels, even with a can on in a couple of cases - they had a LOT more flash out the end of the tube on firing which while impressive was a really annoying pain in the arse in heavy bush where there is less light to start with. The bright flash makes your eyes/pupils react leaving you with a few seconds of reduced vision. That can be the seeing or not of which direction an animal gaps it in, which could be the difference of a recovered animal or a lost one. I went back to the 18" and then 20" in .308W, just for that reason. Yes, not quite as handy in thick bush but then not quite the same level of anti-social as well.