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one guy I was out shooting sage rats with once, brought a Mauser he'd cobbled together.... chambered it in 223, and the barrel on it, had previously been on a 22 Hornet...
so it had a one in 16 twist...
he was managing to shoot 40 to 50 grain plastic tipped bullets just fine out of it...
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I primarily shoot 40 gr in my 223's and occasionally a few 50 gr. I have tried a couple of 1-8, three 1-10's, many 1-12 and 1-14. Pretty much true to the benchrest boys ideas the slower twists give the best groups. But with that being said I have managed to make them all shoot under 1/2 inch groups with the exception of the 1-8, using 40 and 50 gr bullets it always shot more to 3/4" groups.
Not a huge sample, certainly not scientific but since my 223's are used for paper and varmints, not deer, I will stay with 1-12 or 1-14. Never had a problem achieving excellent accuracy with them, the same cannot be said about my experience with the faster twists.
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223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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I've seen a ton of light bullets blow up in 9 twist & faster.
If you just want to be able to grab any 40-50gr bullet off the shelf and go shoot, I'd go 12.
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the only .22 CF bullets I've had nuke out of .223 AI 1:7" twist was a box of bullets I had left over from the '70s. one out of ten would nuke.
I have not had any modern bullet nuke in the air.
my most accurate .22 CF is 1:8", but it's a ~20# range toy with Brux barrel.
my 1:7" Hart barreled brass burper is second most accurate.
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I bought an off-the-shelf DPMS Panther and gave it to my son who is 16 and newly "into" guns. 1-9" stock barrel with PMC Bronze 55 gr fmj's, he's pretty regularly hitting shotgun shells. Like previously stated, intentions change and the ability to shoot heavier projectiles is nice.
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all mine are 1-7, but am considering a 1-8. I had a 1-12 one time, was fun to shoot those 62 grain green tips from.
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I saw a 1/8 .223 nuke 52 SMKs the other day. Those are usually pretty tough bullets.
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