Your question has been answered... barrel flex, steadier to hold and as I stated about MOST companies don't make a quality aftermarket thin barrel. You won,t shoot 200 yards accurately with a standard factory barrel. You need a good bull. I practice shooting long range first with my 22. Look up john burns he practices at 200 plus yards with a bull barrel 22 pistol with a packlite upper reciever . If your gonna punch paper at 50 yrds don't waste your money
Are heavy thicker barrels more accurate than thin barrels?
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A heavy barrel in a 22 can be a good thing for the same reason it is a good thing in a centerfire. It simply adds weight, making it easier for the person pulling the trigger to hold steady. It does not make the gun anymore accurate. It just seems that way because they are more forgiving of bad form.
I like a bull barrel on my 10-22. It helps me be steadier on offhand shots and I've won lots of turkeys with the rifle. I don't carry it in the field as much as using it on the range.
My Marlin 39A feels pretty nice also, and I can shoot it better than some of my lighter .22 LR rifles, but I'm 6'1", 220 lbs and can handle heavier guns than some folks.
Arm length is a factor in holding a rifle steady with the left arm extended near the forend tip. It also makes swinging the rifle from target to target much quicker. It's not the way coaches like to have folks shoot, but it works very well for me. Practice, practice, practice and lifting/holding moderate weights helps both rifle and shotgun shooting.
My Marlin 39A feels pretty nice also, and I can shoot it better than some of my lighter .22 LR rifles, but I'm 6'1", 220 lbs and can handle heavier guns than some folks.
Arm length is a factor in holding a rifle steady with the left arm extended near the forend tip. It also makes swinging the rifle from target to target much quicker. It's not the way coaches like to have folks shoot, but it works very well for me. Practice, practice, practice and lifting/holding moderate weights helps both rifle and shotgun shooting.
Boomerang
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More weight dampens arc of movement and helps to max out the weight for competition. More metal walks less from heat with a floated barrel. More stiffness allows the barrel to be torqued onto the stock without barrel flex. The whip is smaller during discharge. This is just why the 22 competition rifles use them. There wouldn't be much need for it unless shooting ammo like Eley red box.
There's no real advantage to dead weight. Hopefully it won't come to pass, but some of us have picked up some, and made new decisions with new data.
Most Americans have the concept that a firearm should be a gamestopper, with the prey DRT. The reality is that happens with shot placement a lot more than caliber displacement. It's the same sort of reasoning that makes a Mini Cooper run rings around a Ram 2500 Hemi.
Lots of those Hemi's in traffic get left behind. Doesn't bother my self image one bit.
Most Americans have the concept that a firearm should be a gamestopper, with the prey DRT. The reality is that happens with shot placement a lot more than caliber displacement. It's the same sort of reasoning that makes a Mini Cooper run rings around a Ram 2500 Hemi.
Lots of those Hemi's in traffic get left behind. Doesn't bother my self image one bit.
MolleMan
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I can sit at the bench and stack 500 rds nearly on top of each other out of a stock 10/22 or a $99 Mossberg 702 plinkster with a cheap BSA scope. as far as barrel whip, harmonics and stuff like that i have a hard time seein how that would affect performance out a .22round.
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