My 220 swift is a custom job and the medium-heavy barrel length is 28 inches which makes for a heavy rifle to carry around in the field. I was just curious as to the shortest barrel length some of you guys have and are still able retain excellent accuracy. I have been told in the past that all swifts have long barrels do to the velocity and needing to stabalize the bullet but when I compare it to my 22-250 the ballistics are not all that different and my 22-250 has a 22 inch barrel length. Long and short of it is can I shorten my barrel length and by how much and still retain accuracy and does anyone know someone they recommend to do this as all our gunsmiths around here are a joke. Thanks in advance for your help.