Barrel length?

[muleshoe]

In terms of velocity/energy, what's to be gained/lost by the length of barrel? 7.5"/5.5". Thinking about a Ruger Redhawk, .44mag. Thanks in advance.

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[Ben]

What's it gonna be used for?

Stick with the longer barrel if it's going to be used for hunting... otherwise 5-inches is fine.

Ben

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[WESHOOT2]

Have three 5.5" Redhawks, one 7.5". Prefer the handiness of the shorter tubes, and the velocity difference is not enough to concern me at "normal" handgun range.

The 7.5" is in .357 - I can get an easy 1550fps with a 158g XTP.

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