I can usually hit a tree trunk from about fifteen yards with my Schofield. Is that okay?
That would probably be Okay, Cole...Lol.
I raise this question, and post, because of some discussion I was watching wherein a fella kept asking about the accuracy of short barrels, and kept inclining in a way that seemed to me he was under the impression that shortening a barrel would decrease accuracy.
It's my understanding that when we shorten a barrel on an already accurate shooter, accuracy doesn't decrease, and in the same light, if we shorten a barrel on an "Okay Shooter" accuracy often improves because the short barrel is more ridged, and therefore has a smaller amount of osciliation.
So, Here I am asking the guys that are shooting very short barrels in rifle cartridge chamberings about their findings.
Of course it's not quite apples to apples in camparison. For that, we would have to take a long barrel, like 22-26 inches...and start to reduce it inch by painful inch.
Thanks fellas,
Scott