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B.L.E. · January 2, 2012, 01:10 PM

A short 3 inch barrel can actually shoot with an accuracy that would surprise a lot of people, it's more a matter of chamber slop making the chamber alignment iffy from shot to shot than it is about the short barrel.

Also, a .22 LR out of a 3 inch barrel has about 90% of the velocity of the same round out of a long rifle barrel.

January 2, 2012, 01:10 PM	#9
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 2,603	A short 3 inch barrel can actually shoot with an accuracy that would surprise a lot of people, it's more a matter of chamber slop making the chamber alignment iffy from shot to shot than it is about the short barrel. Also, a .22 LR out of a 3 inch barrel has about 90% of the velocity of the same round out of a long rifle barrel.