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<blockquote data-quote="DaveTN" data-source="post: 5784112" data-attributes="member: 3052"><p>Nothing. Other than I prefer a heavy barrel. Weight vs. accuracy. A heavy barrel is slower to heat up on sustained shooting. The barrel harmonics of a heavy barrel are better. However, a heavy barrel is just that, heavier to carry around. If you are shooting deer, it would make little difference, if any. Long range multiple small varmints, and bench rest shooting is where you might see a difference. My 700 VLS is heavy. </p><p></p><p>I'll even say this even though I can't prove it. I suspect the cheap 700's are the very same receiver/barrel combination as the higher cost guns. Stocks, finish, jeweled bolts, etc. is what raises the prices. A heavy barrel is a heavy barrel whether is on a $600 ADL or a $800 Varmint. I didn't believe that enough to not pay the extra money, but from what I have witnessed, I suspect it. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙃" title="Upside-down face :upside_down:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f643.png" data-shortname=":upside_down:" /> </p><p></p><p>We get together on my family's property in another state every once in awhile and shoot. We shoot rifles from the lowest cost to the highest. 100% of the time, of what I have witnessed, when one shooter is outshooting another, it is the shooters skills, not the gun that that makes the difference. Assuming quality guns of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaveTN, post: 5784112, member: 3052"] Nothing. Other than I prefer a heavy barrel. Weight vs. accuracy. A heavy barrel is slower to heat up on sustained shooting. The barrel harmonics of a heavy barrel are better. However, a heavy barrel is just that, heavier to carry around. If you are shooting deer, it would make little difference, if any. Long range multiple small varmints, and bench rest shooting is where you might see a difference. My 700 VLS is heavy. I'll even say this even though I can't prove it. I suspect the cheap 700's are the very same receiver/barrel combination as the higher cost guns. Stocks, finish, jeweled bolts, etc. is what raises the prices. A heavy barrel is a heavy barrel whether is on a $600 ADL or a $800 Varmint. I didn't believe that enough to not pay the extra money, but from what I have witnessed, I suspect it. 🙃 We get together on my family's property in another state every once in awhile and shoot. We shoot rifles from the lowest cost to the highest. 100% of the time, of what I have witnessed, when one shooter is outshooting another, it is the shooters skills, not the gun that that makes the difference. Assuming quality guns of course. [/QUOTE]
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