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With this being a primarily thinking exercise, here are two charts for you. The first is from the May 2016 issue of Shooting Times, an 18” barrel AR.
The good thing about this chart is there a good amount of factory ammunition to help you establish goals for the 18” barrel.
The next chart, for a 16” barrel AR, is from the August 2014 issue of Shooting Times.
If you enjoy playing with expansion ratio or Ken Howell’s efficiency formula the two charts give more information than you might think.
308 Win 18” data

308 Win 16” data

Everyone has an opinion. W.D.M Bell wrote in 1952 that if he were going back to Africa today He would be happy with the .308 Winchester and FMJ bullets. EK on the 308

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