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If you were building a 220 swift custom rifle, and will shoot 50 grain bullets, not heavier than 50 grain, would you choose a 12 or 14 twist?
Thanks I doubt you will actually build a .220 Swift but of your choices the 1-12 is smarter. Good luck.
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My most recent Swift. Hint. ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1280x1024q70/923/EDuJX5.jpg) ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1280x1024q70/922/CbJ6oG.jpg) ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1280x1024q70/924/p2DpBG.jpg) Just sayin'.............
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If you were building a 220 swift custom rifle, and will shoot 50 grain bullets, not heavier than 50 grain, would you choose a 12 or 14 twist?
Thanks I doubt you will actually build a .220 Swift but of your choices the 1-12 is smarter. Good luck. I don’t know why you would doubt that I’d build (have built) a 220 swift. I have one already. But the build is in progress. The Sako A2 action has a #3 contour Shilen, 26”, 12 twist installed. That barreled action arrived at Brown Precision yesterday. They’re building the stock.
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enjoy your new 220 Swift custom rifle its your rifle . have fun,Pete53
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If shooting BR bullets is your thing the slow twists work.
My one and only 220Swift was a pre-64 Winchester with the 14 twist. It would not even stabilize 52 grain AMAX bullets. I was relegated to 40 grain tipped bullets or 50-52 grain flat base BR bullets. Wrong rifle for those bullets. Down the road it went. I have a 220 Swift Super Grade made in 1950 that shoots 50 grain bullets as well as I can shoot it… ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/cHGFxR5h/45-B487-D5-4562-46-D4-AA1-F-EAD7-E6137396.jpg) Mine shot some 50 grainers great too but not tipped ones.
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OP, if you want to go with a 22-250, I have a 14 twist Shilen barrel, short chambered in 22-250, threaded for a 98 Mauser.
$200 shipped
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Thanks Bart, but the barrel is already chambered for 220 swift and screwed into the action.
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