4 or 5 inch barrel difference

[gracenrich]

What is the difference between a 4 or 5 inch barrel?
Thinking of the Walthers PPQ M2

[ROCK-IT3]

About 1", more or less.

http://ballisticsbytheinch.com/

[Boondox]

Kind of a generic question.
Without consulting my records , I will say about 60fps in 44mag pushing 240gr hard cast using a moderate load of of 2400.
5 inch gun was a danny wesson the 4 inch was a smith 629.

[Lycanthrope]

That and the longer sight radius is easier to shoot tight groups with.

Lycangolongthrope

[jthrelf]

The 5" PPQ is also more expensive if I remember

[Ooglar]

That and the longer sight radius is easier to shoot tight groups with.

Lycangolongthrope

This

Now if only walther made a 5" m1...

[IronButt]

I'll preface this by saying that I've never shot a PPQ, but generally speaking, a 5" barrel will be slightly more accurate & shoot a same grain bullet with slightly more velocity than the same gun with a 4" barrel. In the real world though, the average shooter probably won't notice the difference.

Comparing apples to apples, a PPQ with a 4" barrel will naturally be easier to conceal & maybe have a little more felt recoil than one with a 5" barrel.

[harold63]

Someone talking about how many inches, again?

[abner13]

The gun magazines have done articles thru the years where they took a long barreled pistol and chrono'd the bullet speeds after cutting off 1 inch at a time. Did it with rifles too.

But of course ya had a variable depending if fast/slow burning powders were used.

[Delkal]

Here you go. What caliber?

http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/