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Anybody out there use these bullets thru a fast twist barrel? What kind of results in terms of accuracy did you get (assuming they made it to the target!)?
I used to use some of these years ago in some 1-12" twist .223 bolt guns and had great luck with them. I've shot some lighter match bullets (52-55gr I think) in the 1-7" w/o any distinct problems but I'm a little worried about whether these will make it to the target w/ the soft skin in a fast twist...
Thanks,
Monte
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Campfire Tracker
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I use them in my Savage with either a 1 in 9 or 1 in 8 twist (I don't remember exactly which it is) and they group very well in either 20 or 24 inch barrels. ( I have shot them in both lengths in Savages.)
By the way, my brother, Greg, works for USF&W in Wenatchee.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Hi Monte
Usual response, being they are tnt they might give up on ya. One plus to a GOOD 7 twist would be hand lapped would help.
OTOH I have a 7 twist Krieger, that would torch old 64 grain bergers. I have a brand new box of 64s to test for them as they beefed it up a bit, but have not gotten around to moly coating them yet.
Of course a 7 won't toast 52/53 good bullets. It can also though, toast the sierra 60 gr flat base HPs that I love to use for practice if I"m out of 68 Hornady culls.
Probably only way to tell is to shoot.
Best, Jeff
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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I have both a 1-8" and 1-9". The 1-8 I finally got to shoot with 748. Both uppers shoot the tnt good at 100 with TAC but look like a shot gun at 200. If I push the tnt to hard in the 1-8, they don't make it down range far.
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