20" .260 1/8 rock barrel too short?
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Re: 20" .260 1/8 rock barrel too short?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GT40MkI</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What am I leaving on the table being 4-6 short?"</div></div>
No basketball career for you.
What do you want to do with the rifle? Shooting 600 in, hardly losing anything, past that a little more speed may help cheat the wind and drop just enough to get a hit. I'd guess typically you're losing 150 fps, maybe 100 fps if you went 22".
So, what do you want to do with the rifle?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GT40MkI</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What am I leaving on the table being 4-6 short?"</div></div>
No basketball career for you.
What do you want to do with the rifle? Shooting 600 in, hardly losing anything, past that a little more speed may help cheat the wind and drop just enough to get a hit. I'd guess typically you're losing 150 fps, maybe 100 fps if you went 22".
So, what do you want to do with the rifle?
Re: 20" .260 1/8 rock barrel too short?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jasonk</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GT40MkI</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <span style="font-weight: bold">What am I leaving on the table being 4-6 short</span>?"</div></div>
<span style="font-weight: bold">No basketball career for you</span>.
What do you want to do with the rifle? Shooting 600 in, hardly losing anything, past that a little more speed may help cheat the wind and drop just enough to get a hit. I'd guess typically you're losing 150 fps, maybe 100 fps if you went 22".
So, what do you want to do with the rifle? </div></div>
Or porn
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jasonk</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GT40MkI</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <span style="font-weight: bold">What am I leaving on the table being 4-6 short</span>?"</div></div>
<span style="font-weight: bold">No basketball career for you</span>.
What do you want to do with the rifle? Shooting 600 in, hardly losing anything, past that a little more speed may help cheat the wind and drop just enough to get a hit. I'd guess typically you're losing 150 fps, maybe 100 fps if you went 22".
So, what do you want to do with the rifle? </div></div>
Or porn
Re: 20" .260 1/8 rock barrel too short?
Here is Lowlight shooting 1,000 with a .308 at 18". The .260 has a little more pep then the 308 so other then a 100 fps of MV not much.
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Here is Lowlight shooting 1,000 with a .308 at 18". The .260 has a little more pep then the 308 so other then a 100 fps of MV not much.
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Re: 20" .260 1/8 rock barrel too short?
WINNER. All of you...service, set, spike!
Haha..yeah. It's on an AIAW, and just trying to decide if i want to go from a 24" .308 to a 20" .260 before a match...I'm cozy with the .308 and have a ton of ammo loaded, but have heard (and witnessed) the advantages of a .260's BC and trajectory...just want to make sure I can get the advantage with a shorter stick.
Thanks for the responses...I'll end up trying it, but the LL video helped to reinforce the effort.
WINNER. All of you...service, set, spike!
Haha..yeah. It's on an AIAW, and just trying to decide if i want to go from a 24" .308 to a 20" .260 before a match...I'm cozy with the .308 and have a ton of ammo loaded, but have heard (and witnessed) the advantages of a .260's BC and trajectory...just want to make sure I can get the advantage with a shorter stick.
Thanks for the responses...I'll end up trying it, but the LL video helped to reinforce the effort.
Re: 20" .260 1/8 rock barrel too short?
You'll have to add a few clicks of elevation at the far targets and really have no loss of accuracy on any normal size target you'll run into at a match or hunting. We've been doing 1000 yards for over two years now at matches with 15" barrels so don't let the short barrels scare you away. They will shoot.
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You'll have to add a few clicks of elevation at the far targets and really have no loss of accuracy on any normal size target you'll run into at a match or hunting. We've been doing 1000 yards for over two years now at matches with 15" barrels so don't let the short barrels scare you away. They will shoot.
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Re: 20" .260 1/8 rock barrel too short?
You may find that it is actually a little easier to tune. Paul.
You may find that it is actually a little easier to tune. Paul.
Re: 20" .260 1/8 rock barrel too short?
You won't have a problem at 20", hell I think LL's 2009 SH build rifle was 18" and I think he still shoots it.
You won't have a problem at 20", hell I think LL's 2009 SH build rifle was 18" and I think he still shoots it.
