Stubbleduck, that thing about barrel length efficiency for various RF ammo has always been a puzzle to me. What you stated ref. short and LR barrels sounds perfectly rational...but in days past my chronograph had a different opinion. The CB shorts from my Contender run in the range of 780 fps. Ammo lot? Match chamber? Don't have a clue myself. From a Rem 572 with a 24" barrel the statistical difference was nil. To muddy things up a little more a pair of Rem 513s w/ 26" barrels are about 50 fps faster than the same loads from a 10/22. All 3 rifles have factory barrels.
Have seen the same thing with CF rifles of course and that is easier to grasp. RFs can be a puzzle sometimes.
Incredible/interesting post Dan! I reported what Dr White said and other statistics/figures, but hard to
argue (really wrong word actually) with your experience when your chrony or experiece says otherwise!
Morale of the story, ascertain 'facts' with a chronograph - like the 'trust but verify' approach.
Still, your suggestion to set back a LR barrel on a boltgun to "make" a committed Short-gun is a
damn good one!!
BTW, when you bag your little porkers, how much weight do they dress out to? Judging by pics/their size I suppose many tend to be tender? vs 'tough?' Most of them appear to be youngish pigs?
