Calif. Hunter: Thank YOU for the valuable load information - I very much appreciate it - it has been copied and filed.


Guys: I went over to the Lilja Rifle barrel site and copied this "Caliber/bullet twist rate chart" for our perusal here.
I think it was charts like this one that "formed" my illusion of the 1 in 9" twisted barrels not being best suited for the lighter bullets.
Indeed the Lilja site shows the "lightest" bullet recommended in the 22 centerfire caliber barrels twisted 1 in 9" is the 68-69 grainers:
Chart to follow (hopefully):

WEIGHT / CALIBER / TWIST RATE CHART

Grain/Cal .172 .204 .224 .243 .257 .264 .277 .284 .308 .338 .358
17-20 9-10
25 10
30 9 12
33 12
35 12
37 VLD 6
40 12
50-52 9 14
55 12
60 12
68-69 9,10 13,14
75 9 14
80 8
85 7 12 12 12
90 7 10
100 10 10 12 14
105-107 8

Well that didn't turn out worth a darn!
I will try now to list a link to the Lilja recommended twist rate/bullet weight chart page:

http://www.riflebarrels.com/products/caliber_twist_rates.htm

I hope that works.

Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy