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<blockquote data-quote="ripnbst" data-source="post: 1898459" data-attributes="member: 16136"><p>Longer barrels increase velocity which at greater distances aids in accuracy. One is sort of a byproduct of the other. The sight radius as already stated is what is directly accuracy related at any distance. You can put a longer barrel in a shorter slide (possibly) but you couldn't get away with a shorter barrel in a longer slide, where the slide length exceeds the muzzle location. So the downside of a short barrel in a semiauto hand gun is that it also means shorter slide which then means shorter sight radius. If you could have a platform that allowed a shorter barrel in a longer slide I would guess the only downside of the shorter barrel would be velocity?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ripnbst, post: 1898459, member: 16136"] Longer barrels increase velocity which at greater distances aids in accuracy. One is sort of a byproduct of the other. The sight radius as already stated is what is directly accuracy related at any distance. You can put a longer barrel in a shorter slide (possibly) but you couldn't get away with a shorter barrel in a longer slide, where the slide length exceeds the muzzle location. So the downside of a short barrel in a semiauto hand gun is that it also means shorter slide which then means shorter sight radius. If you could have a platform that allowed a shorter barrel in a longer slide I would guess the only downside of the shorter barrel would be velocity? [/QUOTE]
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