Originally Posted by Tyrone
Originally Posted by DollarShort
But it appears that an 8 or better twist 223 is the choice of a lot of 500+ yard target shooters here on the fire.
Only where the rules require it. Otherwise, it's about the last choice anybody who wanted to be competitive would make.

Yep. The sentence before the one you singled out in your quote spelled that out.
This one was referring to casual target shooting. Not competition.