You still cooking menudo , Atkinson ? Had a bowl of the really good stuff in Lamesa last week .
All I know about the current topic is what I done and what happened as a result :
I got a 300 ultra ,then a 338 Ultra in 700 Remmies as soon as they came out . I settled on RL 22 like most everybody else at that time . RL 25 wouldn't get close to the same velocity . These were both factory rifles with 26 in barrels .
Then I had a 7 Ultra made on a Ruger No. 1 leaving the barrel at 29 i/2 in. Believing the same stuff you and I read , I tried the RL 25 since I had a longer barrel to work with .
Sure enough , I got higher velocities with the RL 25 than with RL 22 . In fact I got much higher velocities than the books showed and more than would usually be attributed just to more barrel length .
That brings me to the question I came here to ask : If all the powder is burned , and the gas can't keep up with the bullet , how come longer barrels shoot faster ?
Just kidding . I know why .
