Originally Posted by Hondo64d
Reed,

To cut to the chase with your new products:

Have the twist rates in your rifles be sufficient to cleanly stabilize the heavy VLD type bullets. There is no point in producing a product that will not stabilize today's modern bullets and there are no adverse effects to doing so. Those that buy your products that shoot older vintage more conventional bullets will not know the difference and there will be no reduction in accuracy:

.224 bullets - 8" twist
.243 bullets - 8" twist
.257 bullets - 9" twist, or maybe even 8" More manufacturers are starting to come out with longer, heavier VLD type bullets.
.264 bullets - 8" twist
.284" bullets - 8.75" twist
.308 - 10" twist

Have your chambers throated so that the shooter (hand loader) can reach the lands at magazine length with said VLD type bullets. This will only guarantee you more sales from the true enthusiest and will cost you no sales to the average Joe.

John


That's it...