huey Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 16" barrels seem to be all the rage with CZ 22 Rimfires. Anyone own one, tried one out to see how much accuracy is lost at range and how much velocity/ power is lost if at all. Huey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisv Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 The theory is that there is so little powder in a 22LR case that it burns in around 12" of barrel. So a 14 or 16" won't lose any velocity. I would think that a decent quality barrel would be just as accurate as a longer one. I have the 22LR American 16" and it shoots very well. I didn't bother with the fat Varmint barrel because the short barrel on mine seems pretty stiff anyway. If you have used a full length 22LR the short barrel ones seem so much handier to use as well! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 i went for the 16" because its better from a vehicle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuck1 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Mine is 14.5 inches. No apparent loss of performance at all, is well balanced and handy. Cost 30 squid to get it done. Winner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lee Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) Mine is a 16" barrel and it is mega accurate. Floated the barrel too a while back and the accuracy is pretty damned good. I shot this card at 75 yards using Eley subs on a calm day. Shooting off a bipod on a solid bench. The shots off to the bottom left were scoping in shots. Had just swapped scopes over from another rifle. Think it took about 10 shots to get it in the centre. then I got giddy and popped the centre out of the card as I had only put up the one target. Edited March 24, 2008 by mr lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Mr Lee, where did you get hold of that target, if I may ask? Do you have it saved as an email-able file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lee Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 No mate. My shooting partner bought them from somewhere. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huey Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Thank you all very much. I am considering upgrading my FAC to include a rimmy and fancy a CZ American which will be slung and carried for the main stay of its work, so small light and manovarable is ideal especially now I know that I need not worry about loosing any accuracy. Huey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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