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Nothing except the economics of offering barrel twist options in a $300 rifle. Makes more sense to pick one and sell it.

It's also possible that a really fast twist might run up pressures with factory ammo. Not every one reloads. They're selling a bargain-priced rifle to appeal to and meet the requirements of the average schmuck, not just rifle cranks. If they thought the world was clamoring for an 8" .22/250, they'd build it.

Write 'em a letter.

The world is already clamoring for something different than a 14 twist 22-250.

For sure, they should have just gone with an 8 twist and cornered the market from the get-go.

The world is, they just don't know it.

Don't worry, I expect to see a 1-8" twist RAR soon.

Highly unlikely.

Yep and it should be a 1 in 8 or just leave it at 1 in 12/14.
No issues with increasing pressures of factory ammo developed for slower twists. That ground has been gone over.

hornady says a 1-10 will work with their 68 grain bthp.
also warn against fast twist for some of their bullets.

I didn't get that memo, but I'll take your word for it.

The point is, right or wrong, there's a reason they went with a 10" twist. Could just be some guy in R&D thinks that's the best thing ever. With most companies still making them with 12" twists, Ruger probably thinks they're being cutting edge and reckless. I checked some loading manuals to see what twist they used for the .22//250 and a couple others in that performance bracket and they were all over the place, from 1-8 on a .223 WSSM to 1-14 on some others.

I'd like to know who it is at Ruger that thinks we all want 16.5" barrels on our hunting rifles, even short magnums. Having owned, briefly, an 18 1/2" .308, a 16.5 inch .300 wsm seems like a bad idea, but they pushed that concept pretty hard.

BTW, Nosler's on-line data has a separate section just for the fast-twist (8") .22/250, featuring some of their longer bullets.

The regular .22/250 data was created with a 1-14".