Thread: Barrels and Accuracy

Shortening it further will be a lottery unless the GS has the measuring equipment and skill to use it.

Originally Posted by Tentman

Shortening it further will be a lottery unless the GS has the measuring equipment and skill to use it.

Yeah, but I'd take the gamble....if accuracy is crap then I would play the 'shorten the barrel until it's accurate' lottery.

This explanation of yours @Tentman seems to tell me that if you really like the rifle and want to get the best results, you don't shorten it to the shortest length you might want initially. For example, if you think that 18 is probably what you want, start by shortening it to 20 inches and having it recrowned properly. Then shoot it for accuracy. If you're happy with the accuracy, you're done. If not, take off an inch, recrown and try again, etc (down to the legal limit if necessary).

Originally Posted by Hermitage

Yeah, but I'd take the gamble....if accuracy is crap then I would play the 'shorten the barrel until it's accurate' lottery.

This explanation of yours @Tentman seems to tell me that if you really like the rifle and want to get the best results, you don't shorten it to the shortest length you might want initially. For example, if you think that 18 is probably what you want, start by shortening it to 20 inches and having it recrowned properly. Then shoot it for accuracy. If you're happy with the accuracy, you're done. If not, take off an inch, recrown and try again, etc (down to the legal limit if necessary).

yes . . . .

This is quite interesting, I've never heard of a barrel being less accurate due to being shorter than it previously was. It's not something I've come across before. My current hunting rifle has been shortened 3 times and accuracy has never been an issue. Actually I was at the range recently and there was a new rifle being tested that had been accidentally shortened to 16 inches instead of 18, the owner was seriously conflicted, he couldn't decide whether to be pissed off by the screw up or over the moon that it shot like a laser beam.