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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1050162" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>All else being equal heavier is steadier and steadier is more accurate.</p><p></p><p>Now that being said where the weight is will make a difference as well. If you have two 16lbs rifles, one with a six pound barreled action and the other with a 12lbs barreled action the latter is probably going to tend to be more accurate because of the heavier barrel.</p><p></p><p>It just takes more force to move an object of greater mass than one of lesser mass an equal distance and the heavier barrel will resist pivoting and up/downward motion more than a lighter barrel and it will be less "whippy" as well under the force of recoil.</p><p></p><p>That's not to say there are not some extremely accurate rifles under 10lbs but the heavier rigs are just more forgiving of our eccentric unintentional movements.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1050162, member: 30902"] All else being equal heavier is steadier and steadier is more accurate. Now that being said where the weight is will make a difference as well. If you have two 16lbs rifles, one with a six pound barreled action and the other with a 12lbs barreled action the latter is probably going to tend to be more accurate because of the heavier barrel. It just takes more force to move an object of greater mass than one of lesser mass an equal distance and the heavier barrel will resist pivoting and up/downward motion more than a lighter barrel and it will be less "whippy" as well under the force of recoil. That's not to say there are not some extremely accurate rifles under 10lbs but the heavier rigs are just more forgiving of our eccentric unintentional movements. [/QUOTE]
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