06-02-2022, 04:15 PM
20-25 fps per inch is my experience from factory barrels. which is inline with well known rules of thumb from most centerfire hunting cartridges, cz 527 American with it's 23.5" barrel did 2552 fps average 5 shot string with hornady black (rated at 2580 fps), it did about 2475 un broken in on a howa 20" to start and got up to about 2500 fps after some rounds, and my ruger 16.1" barrel rigs are doing 2386 fps and have a fat whitetail doe from Alberta at 420 yards (1800 fps impact) that exited on a quartering shot, I did put a 24" proof carbon barrel on one rifle and it shot that hornady black at 2605 fps average...but hand lapped custom vs factory, you can math it from there, I only shoot hornady black fyi
as for the shooting experience, we are not allowed suppressors here, I would not go shorter than the ruger 16.1" barrel for anything without a suppressor, it's about the max muzzle blast and sound you'd want, equivalent to a 20" plain barrel in a regular short action cartridge like a .308...so consider that your standard comparison, brakes are the dumbest things ever unless it's just a range queen and you don't hunt so forget that nonsense, suppressors would be the ideal way to go and my personal minimum length would be 16" with or without suppressor as we hunt up to approx 400 so that's as much velocity we'd give up, suppressors apparently add a few fps anyway so maybe expect 2400 fps out of the ruger ranch suppressed with that ammo
as for the shooting experience, we are not allowed suppressors here, I would not go shorter than the ruger 16.1" barrel for anything without a suppressor, it's about the max muzzle blast and sound you'd want, equivalent to a 20" plain barrel in a regular short action cartridge like a .308...so consider that your standard comparison, brakes are the dumbest things ever unless it's just a range queen and you don't hunt so forget that nonsense, suppressors would be the ideal way to go and my personal minimum length would be 16" with or without suppressor as we hunt up to approx 400 so that's as much velocity we'd give up, suppressors apparently add a few fps anyway so maybe expect 2400 fps out of the ruger ranch suppressed with that ammo