Anybody Had Their 223 Cut Down?

[slipper 116]

I would like mine shortened to make things easier to shoot out of the cab will there be much loss in power and will it cause muzzle flip?

[zx10mike 137]

i have had 20" barrels that shot great out to 800 yds .the only reason to have a long barrel is if your target range is 1000 ish and every fps counts.plenty of a r type rifles have 16 " and shoot great out to 600.how far are you wanting to shoot?yes you will bleed fps but if not comp shooting at a high level i wouldn't worry.

 

won't cause flip.

Edited January 21, 2015 by zx10mike

[slipper 116]

Tidy cheers mate I want it cut right down so the mod is nearly touching the fore end, only be shooting out to 300 yards, my ammo is about 3300 fps, what will this go down to if I cut it from 20 to 16 inches?

[zx10mike 137]

cut it and find out even if it went down to 3000 you wont notice at 300 imo.

[Yokel Matt 918]

My .223 was cut down from 25" to 18 and it's made a massive difference. Grouping unaffected, handling much better. For practical (realistic) hunting ranges the fps loss is nothing. I was told i may suffer from muzzle flash with the shorter barrel which could well be a problem when lamping but don't notice anything with the Norma 40gr that I use.

[TWOTWOTHREE 152]

Mine was cut down and its fine groups good and very consistant just use a reputable gun smith a bad job will mess it up

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[Gaz6br 193]

Not much lose no and muzzle flip is nothing on a 223

 

As it got a sound mod on ??

 

Gaz

[slipper 116]

Yes it got an over barrel pes 12, which I would like to be as close to the forend as poss

[Gaz6br 193]

Wouldn't have any less than 18 inch myself as a truck gun

 

My 223 ackley sits at 22 inch with great speed 40gr nozlers at 3960 fps now that's messy

 

 

Gaz

[jollyscotsman 11]

Think youl lose about 25fps per inch?,if i remember correctly, with the .223 using a faster burning powder, loss on barrel lengths is minimal, as its all burned up at about 16,18 inches on regular loads.