Many of you may have seen my shotgun post on the other forum. I am new to 3 gun and would like to get more into it. I currently have a 10.5 custom seekins 5.56. This is obviously not ideal so I am looking to build a new upper. I will be using a seekins upper receiver and a jp barrel with a seekins or Jp modular rail. My question is 16 or 18 inch for the barrel? Reasons? Advice? Oh and I will use a jp muzzle brake.
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16" with midlength gas will be quick and handy making for slightly quicker transitions. I personally went with a lightweight 18" rifle length gas though and have no complaints with it as it's very soft shooting and very accurate. The 18" will give you a slight, if any, advantage at some of the longer targets but probably not enough to notice. My reasoning has purely been that I like the recoil impulse of the rifle length gas system...for now. Oh and go with the Seekins ATC brake instead of the JP.
I been using 16" all this yrs i tried 18 but i feel like little to much weight on nose.. im with the comment above midlength gas system for smother folow up shots
.i recently build another but this time from 16" with mid gas i cut barrel to 14.5 install jp coley brake and pined it to make barrel 16" (our kegal barrel length) abd works prety good! Your now gaining anything on 3 gun from 12-18" barrel but fps.we never shoot beyond 75yd on 3 gun i dont think fps will make difference for thst matter
.i recently build another but this time from 16" with mid gas i cut barrel to 14.5 install jp coley brake and pined it to make barrel 16" (our kegal barrel length) abd works prety good! Your now gaining anything on 3 gun from 12-18" barrel but fps.we never shoot beyond 75yd on 3 gun i dont think fps will make difference for thst matter
Why not use an SBR at 10.5 inches in length? Daniel Horner uses an SBR at 10 inches and he leads most competitions. Many professional competitors are looking at the SBR for future competitions.
I run an 18" on my Seekins SP3G. I like it. 16" will work as well. I figured I would go 18" to get a slight advantage with longer shots and the heavier bullets but even the longer 3 gun shots aren't anything a 16" couldn't handle. Build it with the barrel you will feel most comfortable with when shouldered.
Oh and I really like the Seekins brake as well.
Oh and I really like the Seekins brake as well.
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I run a seekins 12" rail with bcm 16" barrel. I shoot out to 500yds with pretty good accuracy. as far as 3 gun I've never shot more than 100yds in comps. i'm currently waiting on my stamp so I can turn my 10.5" pistol into a sbr for next season
i would like sbr too if only legal here.i dont think you need more than10-12.5 for 100yd max..16 is our minimum legal barrel. heres cut to 14.5 pined brake total 16" barrel with mid gas 13.5 kac handguard ambi charging all billet receiver geissele 3 gun trigger dynamic
i also use 1-4 scope pst
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