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30" Barrel for a .300 Wby, pro's and cons?
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<blockquote data-quote="DanielLudwig" data-source="post: 91931" data-attributes="member: 4675"><p><strong>30\" Barrel for a .300 Wby, pro\'s and cons?</strong></p><p></p><p>I had a last second pondering about using a longer barrel for my 10-12lb(havent gotten a reply about stock weight yet so weight is up in the air as of yet).300 Wby rifle, and figured id ask and see what the gereral consensus was on the subject. I am going to use a #5 Contour 1-10" twist Lilja barrel, and i was kinda wondering if the gain in velocity from adding another 3" would be worth the added flex(for lack of a better term) of a barrel of this length with a muzzle diameter of only .700". I am sorta holding back on making my dummy rounds for the reamer while i wait for the new 210gr SMK to become available, so i have alittle bit of time to deliberate on the issue of barrel length. What do you guys think?</p><p>later</p><p>Dan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DanielLudwig, post: 91931, member: 4675"] [b]30\" Barrel for a .300 Wby, pro\'s and cons?[/b] I had a last second pondering about using a longer barrel for my 10-12lb(havent gotten a reply about stock weight yet so weight is up in the air as of yet).300 Wby rifle, and figured id ask and see what the gereral consensus was on the subject. I am going to use a #5 Contour 1-10" twist Lilja barrel, and i was kinda wondering if the gain in velocity from adding another 3" would be worth the added flex(for lack of a better term) of a barrel of this length with a muzzle diameter of only .700". I am sorta holding back on making my dummy rounds for the reamer while i wait for the new 210gr SMK to become available, so i have alittle bit of time to deliberate on the issue of barrel length. What do you guys think? later Dan [/QUOTE]
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