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<blockquote data-quote="neutral" data-source="post: 661031" data-attributes="member: 24919">depends...... not the diapersI have a 26 in 1-9 ss barrel from mcgowen barrels and i love the length. its .8 contour and end with a target crown. I&#039;m not sure if what i&#039;m about to say is right so correct me if i&#039;m wrong but i feel that the longer barrel has allowed me the flexibility of shooting slightly heavier bullets due to the bullet having slightly more time in contact with the rifling. lately i&#039;ve been playing with 69 and 75 grain sierras as well as 68gr hornady match bullets and when i loaded them nice and tight to the lands i was amazed with the results. single holes at 100 and cloverleafs at 200 easy. thats of course if im able to do it that day. ( heart beat in the scope seams to be my major problem) &nbsp;as for the coutour. does it look good? and is it too heavy? i love my heavy barrel and before i had it my sport barrel was a tac driver too. it did open up when it got hot and so far my heavy barrel has been amazing and keeping accuracy in the heat. Fluting should help but lets be honest. it looks badass. i wish i would have got it done when i ordered my barrel.&nbsp;&nbsp;i just got some 75 gr amaxs finally so i hope they do as well as the match bullets. One thing that was really weird. since i started seating my bullets long. ( 2.3 for the hpbt match) ive had insane consistancy even between the loads and bullets. the 75s were within an inch of the 68s and same with the 69s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="neutral, post: 661031, member: 24919"] [b]depends...... not the diapers[/b] I have a 26 in 1-9 ss barrel from mcgowen barrels and i love the length. its .8 contour and end with a target crown. I'm not sure if what i'm about to say is right so correct me if i'm wrong but i feel that the longer barrel has allowed me the flexibility of shooting slightly heavier bullets due to the bullet having slightly more time in contact with the rifling. lately i've been playing with 69 and 75 grain sierras as well as 68gr hornady match bullets and when i loaded them nice and tight to the lands i was amazed with the results. single holes at 100 and cloverleafs at 200 easy. thats of course if im able to do it that day. ( heart beat in the scope seams to be my major problem) as for the coutour. does it look good? and is it too heavy? i love my heavy barrel and before i had it my sport barrel was a tac driver too. it did open up when it got hot and so far my heavy barrel has been amazing and keeping accuracy in the heat. Fluting should help but lets be honest. it looks badass. i wish i would have got it done when i ordered my barrel. i just got some 75 gr amaxs finally so i hope they do as well as the match bullets. One thing that was really weird. since i started seating my bullets long. ( 2.3 for the hpbt match) ive had insane consistancy even between the loads and bullets. the 75s were within an inch of the 68s and same with the 69s. [/QUOTE]

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