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Author Topic: .308 with a 6' Barrel  (Read 1327 times)

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Online Steve-o

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This is an interesting article about what happens to bullet muzzle velocity when you shoot it out of a 6 foot barrel.   :fudd:

How Long is Too Long For a Rifle Barrel? MDT Builds an 88-Inch-Long .308 to Find Out

Online mike89

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new meaning to long guns!!   
a bad day of fishing is still better than a good day at work!!

Online LPS

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Interesting.  I would have thought it would have slowed that bullet down with all of that friction.  I thought that is why rifles had short barrels in the first place.