?24" or 26" .22-250 Barrel what is the pros and cons?

Longer barrels carry more velocity,but are more cumbersome to carry. 24 inch is the sweet spot for most non magnum chambers. 26 inch for magnums.Accuracy and barrel lenght are two seperate issues,most AR's are as accurate with a 16" barrel as bolt guns are with 24".It's all in the barrel quality.
 
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most AR's are as accurate with a 16" barrel as bolt guns are with 24".It's all in the barrel quality.

Thats a stretch of the truth, some ar,s shoot well but not with a good bolt gun. ed
 
tHIS IS FROM A QUESTION ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE REALLY

"I have two 22-250s. A 26" and a 22 7/8". The longer barrel is all over the shorter one by close to 200 fps. But then I don't take the 26" one out bush because its too clumsy and awkward. Mind you I played around with different powders and found that RL15 behind a 55gr pill gives the short barrel close to what I was getting from Varget out of the long barrel."

Happy hunting
 
If I was packing it around all day then I would go for the shorter tube, and most likely a medium weight barrel. If I was sitting at a bench shooting prairie dogs or ground squirrels, then give me the longer barrel every time. Getting the blast a bit further away from me and picking up a few more fps is what I would want.
 
I read somewhere that you lose about 40 FPS for every inch of loss in the gun barrel length. When you look at many reloading manuals? They develope their MV with 26 inch barrels. With that as a factor? My 22-250 generates about 3340 FPS pushing a 50GR VMAX (22 inch barrel). It satisfies me since we normally don't take shots greater than 180 yards anyway. Accuracy is not impaired either.
 
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I had a 24" 788 .223, then got a Browning Boss with a 22 or 20" barrel, even with faster burning powder I could see the bullet dropped a lot more at 300yds. My T.20 has a 25" barrel, that is turned down to .80 at the muzzle, never noticed that it was heavy, must be over 11 lbs with scope and bipod on it.
 
Originally Posted By: rwn223moa is moa how is that stretching the truth?
He may be thinking of custom bolt guns?
For factory rifles, I agree, on average the ARs are every bit as accurate, if not moreso.

Jack
 
For a calling rifle I prefer 24". In a fast caliber when shots are well under 300 yards a coyote doesn't know the difference between 3600 and 3500 fps. I prefer a 12 twist and a higher bc bullet like the 53 vmax. The bc will make up for the lower initial speed compared to a faster 50 grain pill in a 14 twist with a lower bc and retainer more energy and a steadier course. However I use a swift or a 6mm where a .223 would be fine so I probably have little merit in telling you to go conservative lol. If you plug your numbers into a ballistic calculator you will find tragectory and down range energy changed very little from fast to a little faster.
A critter can only be killed so dead but a nose heavy mud and snow finding muzzle can detract from the enjoyment of a hunt. I think a 24" fluted light varmint contour would be the berries.
 
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