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Offline birdhunter21

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barrel lenght question
« on: February 13, 2006, 09:54:15 AM »
Hi i have a tc hawkens flintlock, and my buddy wants to get a muzzle loader,and  was looking at the kentucky rifles. He was wondering how much velocity you gain with a longer barrel like a kentucky barrel,and also are the longer barrels more accurate?  Does tc still make a long barrel fl?  thanks   birdhunter21

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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2006, 10:40:48 AM »
You can figure approximately 2-4 fps per inch of barrel.....until you reach the point of diminishing return.  To my knowledge TC never made a longer barreld rifle than what they currently manufacture.

Are longer barrels more accurate.......well....no.  At least not the lengths we're discussing here.  We generally shoot longer barrels more accurately because of a little thing called sight radius.  That's the distance between the front and rear sight.  Generally a longer sight radius is more accurate for a shooter than a short one.  In revolver shooting this is very, very apparant to me when I switch from a 3-4 in. barrel to one of my 7 1/2 in. barrels.  Also, for some of us, me included, a longer barrel is easier to shoot accurately offhand because we believe it "hangs" better than a short barrel.  And you know what they say about opinions......
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2006, 05:22:42 PM »
Quote from: sharps4590
Also, for some of us, me included, a longer barrel is easier to shoot accurately offhand because we believe it "hangs" better than a short barrel.  And you know what they say about opinions......


Well, I would agree with this opinion!
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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2006, 09:59:28 AM »
Sounds about right to me
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« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2006, 04:28:12 PM »
thanks guys,  I will tell him birdhunter