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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 8612"><p>I have asked this question several places and have never really received a good answer. Hope some of you long range shooters can provide the answer and explain why.....</p><p>*******************************************</p><p>Let's say you built two long range handguns with barrels from the same blank..... identical in every way except one.....the first handgun has a 14" barrel and the second has an 18" barrel......</p><p></p><p>Then, let's say you built loads for each barrel identical in every way except one......the load for each barrel produced the same velocity in it's respective barrel......<em>in other words, both pistols shot the same bullet at the same velocity</em>.....</p><p></p><p>Now the question, assuming they both shot the same bullet at the same velocity.....would the added length of the second barrel have any effect on the trajectory of the bullet?</p><p></p><p>Would the added distance that the bullet traveled in the barrel of the second handgun cause the bullet to "sleep" sooner? (For example, in a 1 in 7" twist barrel, a bullet would spin two complete revolutions in a 14" barrel and 4 complete revolutions in a 28" barrel).....would the added revolutions inside the longer barrel cause the bullet to sleep sooner? </p><p></p><p>Logic tells me that, *if* the longer barrel caused the bullet to sleep quicker, then some amount of energy would be conserved and would thus cause the bullet to shoot "flatter" than the bullet that sleeps later.....but is that a valid assumption?</p><p>********************************************</p><p></p><p>Thanks, Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 8612"] I have asked this question several places and have never really received a good answer. Hope some of you long range shooters can provide the answer and explain why..... ******************************************* Let's say you built two long range handguns with barrels from the same blank..... identical in every way except one.....the first handgun has a 14" barrel and the second has an 18" barrel...... Then, let's say you built loads for each barrel identical in every way except one......the load for each barrel produced the same velocity in it's respective barrel......[I]in other words, both pistols shot the same bullet at the same velocity[/I]..... Now the question, assuming they both shot the same bullet at the same velocity.....would the added length of the second barrel have any effect on the trajectory of the bullet? Would the added distance that the bullet traveled in the barrel of the second handgun cause the bullet to "sleep" sooner? (For example, in a 1 in 7" twist barrel, a bullet would spin two complete revolutions in a 14" barrel and 4 complete revolutions in a 28" barrel).....would the added revolutions inside the longer barrel cause the bullet to sleep sooner? Logic tells me that, *if* the longer barrel caused the bullet to sleep quicker, then some amount of energy would be conserved and would thus cause the bullet to shoot "flatter" than the bullet that sleeps later.....but is that a valid assumption? ******************************************** Thanks, Mark [/QUOTE]
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