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6.5 PRC 24” or 26” barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 1669000" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>To me this is stuff only you as the guy building can answer. The fps loss per inch is pretty standard on all cartridges. There may be some small differences but not enough for this to be the deciding factor. If it were all guns would have 30" barrels. Type of shooting game being played, or type of hunting being done, and just how far away you want to shoot targets or game plus how bad the country is if you are packing this on your back all have more to do with barrel length than speed. Even barrel diameter is a bigger factor, a 28" #2 contour barrel is not nearly as good an idea as a #4 or larger. The longer the thin barrel is the more likely you will get heat shift and harmonics issues.</p><p></p><p>Decide barrel contour, what gun is for and then pick length. Effect on velocity wouldn't even be a remote consideration on a hunting rifle but it would be on an F-class rig.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 1669000, member: 26077"] To me this is stuff only you as the guy building can answer. The fps loss per inch is pretty standard on all cartridges. There may be some small differences but not enough for this to be the deciding factor. If it were all guns would have 30" barrels. Type of shooting game being played, or type of hunting being done, and just how far away you want to shoot targets or game plus how bad the country is if you are packing this on your back all have more to do with barrel length than speed. Even barrel diameter is a bigger factor, a 28" #2 contour barrel is not nearly as good an idea as a #4 or larger. The longer the thin barrel is the more likely you will get heat shift and harmonics issues. Decide barrel contour, what gun is for and then pick length. Effect on velocity wouldn't even be a remote consideration on a hunting rifle but it would be on an F-class rig. [/QUOTE]
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