When I started I had the 5 1/2 inchers and the 3 1/2 inchers. You have to try several to know what works for you. I also don't shoot them as well as the shorter guns but the difference isn't accuracy, it is ergonomics for me. I also have the 5 1/2 but for CAS they feel clumbsy and awkward. I can tell a difference between them and the 3 1/2 inch barrels but I can get used to them. I also have a pair of 4.75 barrels and they are my next favorite. It handles the fastest and I can shoot it well enough to clean matches. Just my 2 cents and now I'll climb off my soapbox.įor CAS I prefer a short barrel. I think if you look at IPSC (and I hate the way it has gone) you see a lot of the really good shooters using 5' bbl somethings (they aren't guns to me) with optical sights and I think it's the optics that give them the real edge.īoy I hope SASS, CAS etc NEVER gets to the stage that IPSC has gone to. 44 mag and it keyholes at less than 7 yards with any round I put through it.

The only gun I know I can shoot better than is my American Derringer in. The guns that we all shoot for the most part, shoot better than we ever will be able to - there are a few exceptions to that rule but for sure I'm not one of them. I've had police officers that couldn't hit a man sized target at 10 yards while I've also watched a good pistol shot hit a 2 litre pop bottle at 100 yards. You don't see anybody shooting a 110gr bullet at a 1000 yard match so I guess to sum up I will repeat what Clint Eastwood said in one of his movies 'A man has to know his limitations'. As for bullet spin a 4 3/4' barrel should get the job done, the 7 1/2' has the longer sight radius and a rifle still longer sight radius hence the rifle is more accurate for most shooters, as is a 7 1/2' over the 4 3/4' for MOST shooters.Ī 110 gr bullet may start out faster than a 180 but it sheds velocity a lot faster at at long range has more of a rainbow trajectory. Being a new guy I hate to jump in on the 'old guys' but- a lot of you are right in some respects.

Colt saa 5.5