Reply With QuoteThe Fenman has a 7in barrel.PCP's need a longer barrel to make more efficient use of air. Rate of twist, type of rifling, choke, quality of manufacturing, crowning, etc. all come into it. (not to mention lock-time..!
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Gus
What do you guys think on the length of rifle barrels.
As an example the the HW77 comes in at 370mm as a carbine version and 470mm as standard.
The HW97 which only comes in a carbine version has a barrel of only 300mm and the BSA Lightning is only 254mm.
The way they are going they'll end up no longer than a pistol.
I always thought that a longer barrel made a more accurate shot or do you disagree.
Even older than BTDT
The Fenman has a 7in barrel.
Gus
The ox is slow, but the earth is patient.
The Sol beater
a local guy who does a lot of airgun repairs apparently said that a 9'' barrel is as accurate as a longer barrel.i guess thats on springers.
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Carbine length barrels for spring guns makes absolute sense, i.e. the pellet has exited the barrel before the recoil causes the gun to move. With a full length barrel there's a chance the recoil will move the gun off target before the pellet has exited the barrel and, no, you cannot hold a spring gun dead still, nobody can or should even try to, you have to let a spring gun 'have its head' and roll with it. Get it right, and there's nothing more satisfying ... well, apart from sex of course.Regards ... Geek
PauL H. - Shotgoon
Brownings: 1999 Ultra XS; 2004 B525 Field; 2010 Maxus Hunter: Air Arms 1998 Mk.2 Pro-Target, 2001 Mk.2 Pro-Sport & 2003 S400C
http://www.springgunning.com/
Everything you need to know about barrels for air rifles. Don't go to short on a springer and make sure it's choked or you end up with as Paul Watts says "A heavy recoiling mess"
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