Hello im going to put together a 17 HMR on a small martini action ,what is the optimum length for the barrel on a 17 hmr ?or ideal length ?thankyou for any advice

t-h,

Depends on how efficient you desire it to be but, whatever floats your boat; 17"-21" will do just fine. With the Martini I'd go 20" and call it quits.

I cut my CZ 455 at 18 inches. The accuracy don't suffer, and the vel keeps up pretty well.

M

Some interesting reading on the subject, if you haven't seen it already...

http://www.bullberry.com/HMRdata.html

David

Looks like 18 inches is about just right

M

If it was me I would be much more concerned with getting the balance right than velocity.

That said, my Ruger 77/17 has a 24" barrel on it. I never gave any thought to it lossing velocity because of the barrel length. I may have to shoot some through a chrono to see whats happening. Reguardless of the results I won't be cutting it.

Terry

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Originally posted by metric:
Looks like 18 inches is about just right

M

I concur 100%... make it portable for the field..

if you are limited to shots at 100 yds/meters or less... then about as short as is legal where ever one lives...

one that mirrors the size of the Ruger Frontier would be just "peachy keen".....

Thanks for the info ,and Canezes 9 for the bullberry info cheers and thanks again,decided on 20 inch and stainless