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.308 barrel lenght?
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<blockquote data-quote="ltrshooter" data-source="post: 482565" data-attributes="member: 31007"><p>I have studied this myself because I had a Sendero that shot well but the long barrel wold bang into deer stands and was a little tough to shoot off hand. What the experts seem to say is you gain velocity with the longer barrel and not much else. My 20 inch LTR loses about a hundred feet per second compared to the longer Sendero I sold. What I gained is a rifle that is a little more accurate and a lot easier to handle. The shorter barrels are more rigid and I think that helps in the accuracy department. My Sendero would shoot FGMM 168's great but every other commercial ammo would open up. For example the combined technology bullets would go into 1 1/2 on the Sendero and all three holes are touching on the LTR. In fact the first three commercial ammo tested all grouped with the holes touching! I was wary of letting the Sendero go as it has grouped under 3 inches at 500 yards but only with Federal Premium. Boy was I tickled when I first shot the LTR. I would still like to have a longer barreled 308 for long distance shooting because to get the 100 fps I lost because of barrel length, I have to shoot 150's in the LTR and they will probably not prove to be as accurate. I got some Berger VLD's and a quick load set up to barrel time the test load but have not done so yet. I realllly enjoyed my Sendero but I love my LTR!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ltrshooter, post: 482565, member: 31007"] I have studied this myself because I had a Sendero that shot well but the long barrel wold bang into deer stands and was a little tough to shoot off hand. What the experts seem to say is you gain velocity with the longer barrel and not much else. My 20 inch LTR loses about a hundred feet per second compared to the longer Sendero I sold. What I gained is a rifle that is a little more accurate and a lot easier to handle. The shorter barrels are more rigid and I think that helps in the accuracy department. My Sendero would shoot FGMM 168's great but every other commercial ammo would open up. For example the combined technology bullets would go into 1 1/2 on the Sendero and all three holes are touching on the LTR. In fact the first three commercial ammo tested all grouped with the holes touching! I was wary of letting the Sendero go as it has grouped under 3 inches at 500 yards but only with Federal Premium. Boy was I tickled when I first shot the LTR. I would still like to have a longer barreled 308 for long distance shooting because to get the 100 fps I lost because of barrel length, I have to shoot 150's in the LTR and they will probably not prove to be as accurate. I got some Berger VLD's and a quick load set up to barrel time the test load but have not done so yet. I realllly enjoyed my Sendero but I love my LTR! [/QUOTE]
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