What barrel lenght

[Bitterwheat]

  What barrel lenght do you think is the best? And why? I have seven pistols and the are all the 4 5/8 or 4 3/4. I feel that the shorter barrel is faster to get out and on target. But that is only my opinion. what do you think?

[Four-Eyed Buck]

It's whatever works best for you. All of mine save one are either 4 3/4 or 5 1/2.........Buck

[tarheel mac]

I started with the 4 .75 bbls and have always stuck to them...I just think they look better...but I don't think they make me one .01 of a second faster.   Many have told me that the 7.5 tubes would be easier sighting with my over 50 eyes, and I have a suspicion they are right...Someday, we'll see if they're right..

[Big John Denny]

I currently use two matching ROV with 3.75" barrels, both in 45 Colt. All the ladies say they are real cool, and that's good enough for me.

[Arcey]

I have three 7.5s.  If I'm serious about score I'll use two of those.  In my case it is the 50+ eye thing.

My character (tho many say I have none) is a drunken trail bum.  For that, I like the mismatched look of a 7.5 strong side and a 3.5 birdshead weak, cross draw.  That's the usual set up.

If I know a shoot is going to involve a staged pistol, I'll take an 18" "Buntline" along.  Been known to use that one weak side for giggles.  It's a bit much to snatch and reholster strong side.................



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[Tricky Trina]

But he has been known to pull that "Buntline" from his strong side holster from time to time.  It's a riot to watch him pull, pull, pull, grab with weak hand and pull some more to get that monster out!
Trina

[Qball]

My Colt clones are 4 3/4 in .45cal and i like the look of the shorter barrel
my Remington -58 clones are cut down to 5" just to fit in the same holsters as my Colts.

[Silver Creek Slim]

I tend to hit more targets with 7.5" - 8" barrels than shorter ones.

Slim

[Arcey]

But he has been known to pull that "Buntline" from his strong side holster from time to time.  It's a riot to watch him pull, pull, pull, grab with weak hand and pull some more to get that monster out!
Trina

Ya oughta see it from my perspective............................


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[Missouri Marshal]

Hope she's talkin about yur gun pard

[Russ T Chambers]

I tend to hit more targets with 7.5" - 8" barrels than shorter ones.

Slim

Ya just nee to stand a little further back.     That way those longer barrels won't hit the targets either (maybe 10 or 12 inches?)