my .02, not kicking the 7, just the twist, been shooting a longggggggggggg time, the twist on 22-250's when they came out was 1-12 or 1-14, couldn't go much over a 55gr bullet, when the first 1-9 came out I shot 70gr berger's 3 holes touching, then it was 1-8 and 1-7, my point is if you are going to buy a 22-250 treat yourself to a faster twist, you won't regret it.