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243AI, is it dead in the water?
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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1830194" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>You might want to consider going with the 26" barrel, since you're used to that length anyway. Performance will definitely be better, and the balance of the rifle will feel more familiar to you. I have a 30-06 Ackley that was initially built with a 26" barrel, and it felt clumsy to me. I had it cut back to 24", where it feels just fine. The same loads chronographed <em>100 fps</em> slower after the barrel was shortened. ( I had been expecting about half that much velocity loss.) That was with 180-grain A-Frames and H-4350. You will be using powders that are slower-burning than that, and it may be even more critical to have a longer tube.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1830194, member: 109113"] You might want to consider going with the 26" barrel, since you're used to that length anyway. Performance will definitely be better, and the balance of the rifle will feel more familiar to you. I have a 30-06 Ackley that was initially built with a 26" barrel, and it felt clumsy to me. I had it cut back to 24", where it feels just fine. The same loads chronographed [I]100 fps[/I] slower after the barrel was shortened. ( I had been expecting about half that much velocity loss.) That was with 180-grain A-Frames and H-4350. You will be using powders that are slower-burning than that, and it may be even more critical to have a longer tube. [/QUOTE]
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