Hmnnn not bad the price! Thanks!
I say not much because a lot of people in other forums/posts were saying 100fps isn't much compared to how less accurate a 24" is to a 20". Of course i can't actually know what is true/untrue/etc...
It can be a bit easier to make an accurate shorter barrel, but shorter isn’t inherently more accurate. 6.5 Grendel was designed in part to get the most omph from a 26” barrel.
100fps on a 3200fps projectile at short ranges isn’t much, but 100fps on a 2500fps projectile that is being shot to 1000yds is the better part of a foot less drop IIRC as well as a couple of inches less windage. My 2 cents is if this is not meant for hunting or SD or SHTF or anything, go longer. Now if you were buying a $400 barrel or something and the company won’t stand behind it if accuracy is a problem, go shorter. But if you are talking <$200, absolutely worth a try with a longer barrel. That is what I would have done, but mine is primarily for hunting deer and I didn’t want to give up as much velocity or extra muzzle blast that a 16” barrel would have resulted in. So I went 18”
I am swapping the scope base tomorrow and re-zeroing it at the range. I forget the make of the current base, but is a not bad 5.5oz. I have an aero precision base that is 3.2oz going on there. Also I swapped the KAK micro flash can for a KAW Linear comp (more effective at forwarding muzzle blast and reducing flash).
The target is from 100yds on a windy (10-20mph gusts) day, rapid fire (1 shot every 2 seconds). Hornady American gunner.
Ignore the bottom (well, as it is rotated, right) most hole. I was re-zeroing the scope between that shot and the 5 round group.
