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5/22/2007 6:05:40 PM EDT
Is their any significant difference in accuracy between a 4 and 5 inch(bbl length) pistol?
5/22/2007 6:13:05 PM EDT
[#1]
All other things being equal, no, but you may find you can shoot the longer barreled gun more accurately due to several things, including longer sight radius.
5/22/2007 7:21:05 PM EDT
[#2]
it all depends, kinda.  45 acp is based on a 5 inch barrel. for each inch you cut off you drop 50 fps.  If I remember correctly, 40 S&W was based on a 4 inch tube.

But ammo companies are starting to come out with short barrel ammo like Speer GD. But at the least if you go to +P or just a slightly lighter bullet, you will gain your fps back, if you care about that kind of thing.
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