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Title: Barrel Length: How short is too short
Post by: MattBordas on February 11, 2022, 08:01:53 PM

Hey Guys,

I'm thinking about cutting down the barrel on my Affinity 3. At what length do you start to see significant decreases in performance? I know I'm losing velocity and pattern potential but at what length does the loss become so severe that it's a real performance killer

Title: Re: Barrel Length: How short is too short
Post by: fmf on February 11, 2022, 08:27:18 PM

17.9"......

i own a both a 12 and 20 with 18.5 inch barrels and both shoot great, the 12 shoots outstanding. i think you may lose less than 75 fps over a considerably longer barrel (say 26 inches) but patterns don't suffer due to barrel length.. that loss of fps is negligible at turkey hunting distances

Title: Re: Barrel Length: How short is too short
Post by: Parkerg31 on February 12, 2022, 10:07:42 AM

https://deltawaterfowl.org/barrel-length-ballistics/

Title: Re: Barrel Length: How short is too short
Post by: tikka on February 14, 2022, 01:17:45 PM

Check with your State laws, In Michigan it is 18" minimum.

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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 20 Gauge Turkey Guns => Topic started by: MattBordas on February 11, 2022, 08:01:53 PM