Muzzleloader barrel length vs velocity

[whoami-72]

Anyone have any good data on FPS gain with barrel length on muzzle loaders? Everywhere I look either comes back with centerfire data or some guys comment that its going to be higher but doesnt give a number.

 

[ElDiablito]

Toby Bridges did a test years ago with Bh209.

 

[whoami-72]

Toby Bridges did a test years ago with Bh209.

View attachment 720095
View attachment 720094

This is awesome. Mind posting the link?

 

[ElDiablito]

There site is gone but here is an archived version of the conclusions.

MLtesting-4-6

The conclusion of a six part report that takes a look at muzzleloader barrel length and how it affects the bullet velocities produced by charges of Blackhorn 209 and Triple Seven Pellets.

web.archive.org

 

[ElDiablito]

I was able to dig up all the archive articles in the series.

Barrel Length & How It Affects Velocity Part 1


https://web.archive.org/web/20160107104122/http://namlhunt.com/mltesting-4-1.html





Part 2


https://web.archive.org/web/20180128231617/http://www.namlhunt.com/mltesting-4-2.html



Part 3



https://web.archive.org/web/20160104210819/http://namlhunt.com/mltesting-4-3.html



Part 4



https://web.archive.org/web/20160215031353/http://namlhunt.com/mltesting-4-4.html



Part 5



https://web.archive.org/web/20151219135013/http://www.namlhunt.com/mltesting-4-5.html



Part 6 Conclusions



https://web.archive.org/web/20160213050953/http://namlhunt.com/mltesting-4-6.html

 

[Choot]

I have a Cva optima v2 I found for cheap I chopped down to 20in. Need to find some blackhorn so I can test it out