Shortening a barrel & Benefits or a carbine

[dave_wilford]

Want to chop down barrel on S10 to carbine size, friend has an industrial sized lathe which I can do it on. Is it just a case of cutting it off, or is there more to it?

What do you loose from having a shorter barrel, do you loose any accuracy or range?

Thanks,

Dave

[svenhass]

Superten barrels are choked at the muzzle end so you should shorten the barrel from the breech end. This will also save you from having to re-crown the muzzle. Accuracy should not be affected but power will be slightly lower.

[darrenpetts]

It'll require more air per shot to attain 12 ft/lb as the pellet has less time to accelerate in the shorter barrel.

[murphyincalgary]

so you will get less shots as well.