Why does everyone chop their barrels to an even number length?

[AK4570]

I bobbed a 300WM to 21 3/8 while living in AK (and dropped it into a Bansner)... Does that count?

 

[Team4LongGun]

21" 7PRC I determine length based on ballistics and how it will carry with suppressor/folding stock/on pack hiking in, etc.

I think the most vocal guys make it seem more prevalent than it is. Much like many rifle parts.

 

[C Bow]

For me I will never own another rifle with a barrel over 18 inches as soon as I buy one it goes to Kampfield to get cut

 

[Ohiohuntr]

I told my gunsmith to chop mine at 18”, picked it up today and it was 19” lol must use the same tape my dad uses to measure fish

 

[h2so4]

I’ve got a 17” .223. Going against the grain

 

[Judd]

it’s the same reason radio stations always end in an odd number. I think it’s something to do with the molecular structure of the sine wave

 

[Macintosh]

Dont tell anyone their made-anywhere-other-than-USA barrel is actually 60cm (23.6”) or 55cm (21.6cm).

 

[JCMCUBIC]

Why does everyone chop their barrels to an even number length?

Because to do otherwise is odd....

 

[Treelineasassin]

I have a few 19 and 21in barrels, cuz I like to be different!

 

[n816kc]

Another outlier, 17” 243 and 19” 270, threaded for suppressor.

 

[Sled]

Lots of talk about guys chopping them to 16", 18", 20" etc...

My question is, why not chop it to 19" in that example? I never see talk about barrels cut to an odd length?

Women chop to odd numbers. Just look at Lorena Bobbitt. She took off half, leaving him at quite a odd number.

 

[Treelineasassin]

Women chop to odd numbers. Just look at Lorena Bobbitt. She took off half, leaving him at quite a odd number.

So you know what John Bobbitt was packing to make it an odd number? That's a lil disturbing in it's own right!

 

[Fassi123]

Funny you ask, I was just thinking of having my next barrel cut to 17.76.

Love this…merica

 

[fuzzymarindave]

Probably people thinking in terms of symmetry. Like we have even number of legs, arms, eyes, ears; etc. I have a barrel that is 20.5" and it works great.

 

[06 SB]

My custom barrels are all either 21 or 23.

 

[NorthIdahoDude]

I have a 6.5 Creedmoor barrel coming from Criterion, that will be 21.65354 inches if they do it like I told them, exactly. Do i get a prize for the most decimal points in this game? hahahaha