jbmabrey
02-16-2010, 05:43 AM
Here is a web site I found recently. They test the effect of barrel length in handguns-very good information and videos.
This is part of their introduction-
"Why "ballistics by the inch"? Well, just about forever people have wondered what kind of trade-off one made in choosing a gun with a short barrel - how much power were you giving up for convenience/concealability? There has been a lot of anecdotal information available - comparing this 2" .38 to that 6" .38, or a longslide .45 to an officer's pistol with a shorter barrel - but there hasn't been much in the way of consistent research made available to the average gun owner. "
This is part of their introduction-
"Why "ballistics by the inch"? Well, just about forever people have wondered what kind of trade-off one made in choosing a gun with a short barrel - how much power were you giving up for convenience/concealability? There has been a lot of anecdotal information available - comparing this 2" .38 to that 6" .38, or a longslide .45 to an officer's pistol with a shorter barrel - but there hasn't been much in the way of consistent research made available to the average gun owner. "