That's a question I've also wondered about. Would the longer gas system need to have to adjust it's port size due to potential to overgas due to longer dwell time?
I agree with all of this. I think you wrongly gathered that I want a long barrel though. 22" is a hard max for me in a gas gun, mostly for the reasons you stated. The idea for a +2" system in 223 is entirely because I like tinkering and seeing whats mechanically possible, not because I'm trying to build the worlds first 30" barreled 223Rem ELR rig.
There's enough info around to indicate it can be done w/o much issue, & to be safe, given a good AGB like an SLR, if I were doing it, I'd likely size the gas port to the same size as a typical rifle gas port. You can always go back later & build another barrel with a more optimized port, depending on how the initial one works.
That way you can be more or less assured of having enough gas, but with the ability to dial it down as needed for more flexibility..............yes, it will (somewhat) negatively affect the gas port size life, but I don't think that's an issue.
But since you're a 3-Gunnur, I guess I'm wondering what your practical view of what you're trying to accomplish with a gun that has a 20 or 22" barrel on it compared to a 16 or 18" gun goes as far as actually shooting & competing with it goes. Given your current (pretty effective setup), I think the improvement in actual shooting perception will be negligible, but who know? And it's fun to experiment.
WOA is good & very nice to talk to & work with, but I'd highly recommend also talking to Paul Craddock too. He spent a lot of years at WOA & has a deep knowledge & experience level & a memory like a steel trap with what has been tried in the past.............he even remembered my name from doing business with WOA in the past.
Anyway, good luck & let us know how things work out.
MM
I have considered that and I've got some compelling reasons to go that route.
No real practical need for it, or intention of competition. I just like to dick around with optimizing any given system. Who knows this could be like when I got into guns and 18" rifle gas was taboo and would never work. Now its standard procedure.But since you're a 3-Gunnur, I guess I'm wondering what your practical view of what you're trying to accomplish with a gun that has a 20 or 22" barrel on it compared to a 16 or 18" gun goes as far as actually shooting & competing with it goes. Given your current (pretty effective setup), I think the improvement in actual shooting perception will be negligible, but who know? And it's fun to experiment.
WOA is good & very nice to talk to & work with, but I'd highly recommend also talking to Paul Craddock too. He spent a lot of years at WOA & has a deep knowledge & experience level & a memory like a steel trap with what has been tried in the past.............he even remembered my name from doing business with WOA in the past.
I’m running a WOA 22” varmint 1/8 w/24 Gr varget and 77smk’s. Rifle length tube standard Carbine buffer and spring. Functions flawless. Put my first 200 rounds through it last week. FWIW. I’m running an 18” suppressor handguard to cover up the huge gas block.
