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Barrel length on 6.5 and 300 PRC
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<blockquote data-quote="yorke-1" data-source="post: 1686814" data-attributes="member: 11960"><p>Short answer is no. Plan on losing 25-30 fps per inch of barrel you cut off. I've heard of slight velocity gains with a suppressor, but never more than 20 fps. So if you use a barrel that's 3" shorter to compensate for the suppressor, you'll still end up with a net loss of 50 fps or more when compared to the longer barrel.</p><p></p><p>That said, just pick a barrel length that you like and go for it. A 6.5 PRC in a 20" barrel should easily match a 26" barreled 6.5 Creedmoor with the same weight bullet and a 20" 300 PRC should be pretty close to a 24" barreled 300 WSM with the same weight bullet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yorke-1, post: 1686814, member: 11960"] Short answer is no. Plan on losing 25-30 fps per inch of barrel you cut off. I've heard of slight velocity gains with a suppressor, but never more than 20 fps. So if you use a barrel that's 3" shorter to compensate for the suppressor, you'll still end up with a net loss of 50 fps or more when compared to the longer barrel. That said, just pick a barrel length that you like and go for it. A 6.5 PRC in a 20" barrel should easily match a 26" barreled 6.5 Creedmoor with the same weight bullet and a 20" 300 PRC should be pretty close to a 24" barreled 300 WSM with the same weight bullet. [/QUOTE]
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