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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Barrel Contour vs Accuracy Potential
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<blockquote data-quote="blacktail 8541" data-source="post: 1181533" data-attributes="member: 83713"><p>I've shot many light weight customs from various manufactures, I've also shot more than a few heavy weights. When I left the USMC, the standard weight of barrel on the M40A1 was a 25 inch Douglas in the m24 profile. The rifle weighed right at 17 lbs. It could be shot all day at it's sustained rated rate of fire and not loose accuracy. On My hunting rifles that have barrel contour of a Bartlien 2b to a Lilja #4. You can not do that. The smaller the profile, the faster they heat up and start to open up. Each barrel is a little different as to how mush they open up. </p><p></p><p>Where I would look for consistency with longer strings of fire and still be capable of packing a rifle into the high country without excessive weight would be in the lite palma contour. This in a length of 25 or 26 inches. The longer the barrel the bigger the diameter it needs to be to maintain stiffness and heat dissipation qualities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blacktail 8541, post: 1181533, member: 83713"] I've shot many light weight customs from various manufactures, I've also shot more than a few heavy weights. When I left the USMC, the standard weight of barrel on the M40A1 was a 25 inch Douglas in the m24 profile. The rifle weighed right at 17 lbs. It could be shot all day at it's sustained rated rate of fire and not loose accuracy. On My hunting rifles that have barrel contour of a Bartlien 2b to a Lilja #4. You can not do that. The smaller the profile, the faster they heat up and start to open up. Each barrel is a little different as to how mush they open up. Where I would look for consistency with longer strings of fire and still be capable of packing a rifle into the high country without excessive weight would be in the lite palma contour. This in a length of 25 or 26 inches. The longer the barrel the bigger the diameter it needs to be to maintain stiffness and heat dissipation qualities. [/QUOTE]
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