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Heritage should add a bayonet lug on that big barreled one. Great job, Dusty Britches!

Quite a difference in the lengths, Great test Dustin!

Of course! Those of us cursed with a "Stubby" just aren't as good as you Long Barreled Fellers! I see how it is! ha ha ha ha ha. Thanks Dustin.

id like to see thi test on cap and ball , but not just barrel length but powder as well

Wow that's quite the fps spread

when we look at guns and barrel lengths they very from cartridge to cartridge and at some point you get diminishing returns... finding perfect burn length is a process, revolvers suffer the gap, which greatly reduces barrel burn length. but it still is in effect just that you loose more energy to gap size so a tight gap is essential for best performance. ideal is closed bolt systems that get the most out of barrel length to cartridge power. still finding what's best for what your doing is really the crux of why you want the right size for the job. as always short for short and long for long but how long is too long is always personal preference. still always a great video and looking forward to more.

There is a point of diminishing and or negative returns. I think around 10"

Good test.

Very good video

Dustin, thank you! Very well done!

Great video!!! Thank you!!!!!

Your last comment on length made me wonder just how long a barrel would have to be before it actually started to slow the bullet down rather than help it.

Just like back in the day when I used to carry a 357 Ruger Blackhawk I also had a 357 Winchester carbine lever action

I'd like to see a follow up using 22 lr and comparing the two.

i like those i wish i could get ahold of a 9 shot barkeep or boot model i have a thing for 9 shooters thats why im holding off buying one

Powder choice is key for barrel length.

That Betsy Ross pistol looks like the revolver jack Nicklesin used to shoot down the batplane

I was wondering about the little barkeep with the 22mag. It not something the laugh at

It's important to be aware that you might get different results from this kind of test with different cartridges (say, 9mm vs. .357 Magnum) or propellant (fast burning pistol powders like Bullseye vs. black powder vs. slower burning powders like H-110). Generally, the faster the powder, the less gain you'll see from a longer barrel (and the shorter the barrel will see highest velocity, with a drop-off as you increase further). That typically also means that semi-auto pistol cartridges will gain less from barrel length (and stop gaining at a shorter length) than revolver cartridges loaded for velocity (at least in my experience, maximum velocity in mid-length and longer barrels comes from the slowest powder that will let you use a maximum load in your cartridge). If you had more barrel length choices you could actually demonstrate this "diminishing returns" with your Heritage revolvers -- with .22 LR standard velocity ammo you'd gain less past around six inches than with high velocity or hyper velocity, and with standard or high velocity, you'll stop gaining at around sixteen inches (maybe less in a revolver, due to the cylinder gap), while hypervelocity will likely continue gaining up to around twenty.

Well it's not the length of your Barrel that matters it's how you use it😁

_The longer the barrel, the faster the bullet,_ until the powder charge has mostly burned and the bullet has reached it's maximum velocity in the bore. *Which Dustin stated as I hit post. lol

Thanks, another interesting video!

Good video. I have a barkeep I enjoy .and I have a H & R from when I was young it was my only handgun .my girlfriend and I would shoot that thing every week or more for years .I still have will never sell it I don't shoot it much though.lol.but I would like to get that boot someday

I would have liked to see you use the .22LR punch, which is intended for defense out of short barrels.

Might just get a barkeep, I think it looks nice aswell as having nearly the same velocity.

I really wanted to do some shooting today, but it's miserable outside

Super

Guns of the west you need to do a review on a revolving rifle always thought they were really cool.

Please repeat the test with 22LR ammo. Another channel tested with 22LR and the 16" was slower than the 6.5"

Great and fun stuff, lucky man to have all that to play with. Keep at it ! Thanks.

I still say that if you use the 22LR cylinder in the 16in barrel, it will be experiencing drag and would not be worth it. Try it with a 12in heritage rough rider using 22LR, and then I think you might see your point of maximum efficiency.

Good video. I was wondering: Could you do a demonstration illustrating the power and effect of the most fundamental handgun rounds of the old west showing chronograph velocity and effect on, say, a Paul Harrel meat target? 1851 Navy .36 conical 1860 Army .44 conical .38 LC conversion bp .44 Colt or Special bp .45 Colt 1873 Too many people compare the .Navy .36 with an 80 gr ball .380 acp FMJ and the Army .44 to .45 Colt and are left with the impression that one end of the belt pistol is incredibly weak and the other end in .44 Army 140 gr ball or 200 gr conical, especially when using modern .45 Colt conversions, is a black powder magnum that can all take down grizzlies. This ignores the effect of 125-150 gr conical and hb bullets with 21 gr of bp inthe Navy that were more commonly used and a 200 gr conical with 30 gr of bp.

Uncle Jim 2

I bought a used 36 cal from GREENTOP. I have cleaned and loaded one chamber. It won't fire. Size 10 cap. 15 grains of gun powder in the load. But nothing. The caps n powder are brand new. What am I doing wrong?

Out of all the rough rider revolvers and the carbine which one do you have the most fun plinking around with ?

Had to watch full video because the numbers let out on the Short that was posted didn't add up to 22lr.

I hope this video isn't about why I don't have any kids. 😆

I can’t decide between the 1860 colt revolver or the 1851 colt which do you think I should get.

Intro song sauce?

So I have a question, Could I use sabbot in a .44 cal revolver ?? and could I also get away with using powder or pellet ?? i'm new to the black powder revolver's.

How many fps. per inch of increase?

Velocity=Accuracy of course that is all relative to distance. But hey I am no scientist, I got to play with one, then she filed restraining orders made it all weird, HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH