[miketx]

I have two 1911 pistols with 5 inch barrels like I'm sure many of you do. However, unlike revolvers, if you have one, the actual rifled part of the barrel is only about 4 inches because the chamber takes up nearly an inch. Kind of misleading. So my XDS mod 2 with it's 3.3 inch barrel (I think that's what it has) really only has about a 2.3 inch barrel.

 

[Scharfschuetze]

Muzzle to bolt/breach face has always been the traditional way of measuring barrel length for pistols, rifles and shotguns.

Revolvers have a closer relationship of rifled barrel length to stated barrel length. Some will argue that the cylinder length is also part of the barrel length, and they may have a point, although it's probably not worth arguing about.

 

[miketx]

Muzzle to bolt/breach face has always been the traditional way of measuring barrel length for pistols, rifles and shotguns.

Revolvers have a closer relationship of rifled barrel length to stated barrel length. Some will argue that the cylinder length is also part of the barrel length, and they may have a point, although it's probably not worth arguing about.

My point is valid, denigrate it you like.

 

[WVSurveyor]

Yea, and a 2x4 is not really 2x4. I've learned to deal with it. I don't think your point is being denigrated, he was just stating tradition.

 

[miketx]

Yea, and a 2x4 is not really 2x4. I've learned to deal with it. I don't think your point is being denigrated, he was just stating tradition.

Yeah, everything is a lie, I know.

 

[Scharfschuetze]

No one is degenerating your post. I supported your position via paragraph two in my post. Still, no one will win this argument after hundreds of years of tradition regarding barrel length measurement.

 

[miketx]

If someone was not so thin-skinned, he'd know that I was supporting his position. Still, you are not going to win this argument after hundreds of years of tradition.

Thin skinned? Lol, i worked in prison for a long time. Need a tissue?

 

[jstanfield103]

Life, it is what it is

 

[BigEd]

Yeah and the revolver barrel- cylinder deal leaves out cylinder gap and the fact that they are two separate parts. Just saying.
Just my little .02.