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1. The Longer the barrel the more velocity = flatter shooting.
Shorter barrels have less whip and is potentially more accurate however.
7.62x39 is optimized in a 16 inch barrel, anything longer and you are not getting that much more out of this round. Surprisingly going shorter does not loose you that much velocity as long as you stay above 11 inches.
2. Different manufacturers of the same design. CZ, CZH and FSN are essentially military surplus (new old stock), CSA are made with a new receiver and built with the same surplus parts.
Shorter barrels have less whip and is potentially more accurate however.
7.62x39 is optimized in a 16 inch barrel, anything longer and you are not getting that much more out of this round. Surprisingly going shorter does not loose you that much velocity as long as you stay above 11 inches.
2. Different manufacturers of the same design. CZ, CZH and FSN are essentially military surplus (new old stock), CSA are made with a new receiver and built with the same surplus parts.
With 19" barrel, a cheap scope, from the rest i can put all the holes inside the soccer ball size target at 200 yards anything further and it becomes a gamble. So practically i think VZ58 is 200 yards rifle with any barrel. With shorter barrel there is no loss of accuracy, but you need to compensate for the bullet drop. There was a study done where they took 24" barrel and kept cutting it by 2" i think, and the conclusion was that if crown re-made properly there was no loss in accuracy at all, but the velocity and therefore the trajectory drops of course. With Vz58 as was already said there is a big drop in velocity if barrel cut shorter than 12" much so with 5.56 than with 7.62 ( on one of the forums i saw a table were people were testing ARs of different barrel lengths).
i have the cz 858 non-restricted...and the csa "shorty" 7.5" barrell.....and i love them both, both are accurate...one is restricted...other isn't
with the 7.5" i find accuracy great, balance excellent, and with my burris fastfire forward mounted sight, i can easily co-witness my iron sights thru the red-dot... short forward grip (long grip interferes with mag changes) and custom magpul side rails.......its simply the coolest looking gun i have ever seen for the price...i love it
only problem with the 7.5" barrell is flash (absolutly HUGE) and concussion (thump yer head bad)........i'm gonna buy a muzzle brake/fake suppressor from grizzly gunworks.....that should clear up all the flash, totally reduce concussion....and look awesome
with the 7.5" i find accuracy great, balance excellent, and with my burris fastfire forward mounted sight, i can easily co-witness my iron sights thru the red-dot... short forward grip (long grip interferes with mag changes) and custom magpul side rails.......its simply the coolest looking gun i have ever seen for the price...i love it
only problem with the 7.5" barrell is flash (absolutly HUGE) and concussion (thump yer head bad)........i'm gonna buy a muzzle brake/fake suppressor from grizzly gunworks.....that should clear up all the flash, totally reduce concussion....and look awesome
