Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Fast twist = faster death?

This is where these conversations always go. The slow twist crowd stating they can have the same results with their rifles.

But that is not apples to apples.

What is being asked by the OP is if other people have seen a difference between a standard twist and "fast" twist, all things being equal.

People that have similar rifles (with the exception of twist rate) shooting similar loads will see a difference in terminal performance. The smaller the test media the more evident it becomes.

That does not mean a 1-14" Swift shooting 40gr bullets @ 4300fps won't flip a prairie dog. It simply means if you shoot a 1-12" twisted .223 against a 1-8" .223 (as long as everything else is equal) the shooter will more than likely notice the faster twist flings and flies schit more better.

Not exactly a reason to choose a faster twist in and of itself, it's just an observation made by those that have rifles in both twist rates.



Clark