Quote History Originally Posted By wvfarrier:
Wonder why no 9.5 since thats what the BO was designed around
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I see this “designed around” comment about 300BLK all over the place, almost always referencing some different barrel length.
At the end of the day, does it really matter? 300BLK can perform very well out of any of those barrel lengths, depending on what your needs are. Design criteria developed before the advent of many of the popular factory loads, projectiles, and/or powders is verging on irrelevant for the end user.
Realistically speaking, 10.3” is identical to one of the most popular 5.56 SBR barrel lengths, so it makes sense to offer one for those who want to build something identical to what they’re used to.
A 9.5” option wouldn’t be a sizeable enough loss in OAL over the 10.3” to justify its existence, IMO.
All that said, I’m glad to see some quality manufacturers jumping into this space with some CL CHF options (Centurion Arms has announced some new CL CHF 300BLK barrels as well). Up til now, there’s only been a small handful of manufacturers with minimal barrel length options that seemed to be perpetually OOS.