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Your plan is to buy a cheap rifle (by cheap I mean price, they actually look like a decent rifle) and then put a new barrel on it and end up costing more than you could have bought a better rifle for in the first place. But what fun is that to a rifle looney? Maybe I want a switch barrel rifle I can do the work on with little investment in tools, or want to build a .260 AI or 338/06 and don't want to pay a 'smith for a rebarrel job. The Savage is an easy rifle to work on because of the barrel nut. The Marlin X7s are almost as easy but some Savage prefits need a little faced off the breech to work on the Marlin. I knew when I saw the Ruger American that it might be another good candidate for the home tinkerer. I can relate to that! Lord knows I've done enough goofy things that didn't make sense when it comes to guns.
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Don't know about the ease of switch barrel capability as it has a smooth looking barrel nut instead of the notched Savage. However I have been waiting for a 22-250 version since the American came out. Found one last week and have yet to shoot a group that wasn't less than 1" at 100 yds. Last 3 shot group straight out of the safe measured .54". And it has a 10" twist that will kick out deer capable bullets at decent speeds also. It is a great rifle for the money-sort of like a reincarnation of the 788-inexpensive but accurate.
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Have you measured the actual twist rate on that 22-250? I think you might be surprised......
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Have you measured the actual twist rate on that 22-250? I think you might be surprised...... How do you know that it is not 1:10? I pick up my .22-250 American tomorrow. I obtained email verification from Ruger Customer Service that the .22-250 American is 1:10 so it will be disappointing to find that it is a slower twist.
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Well I pulled a bore brush through the barrel this am and measured the twist as 14"-damn. I figure the 22-250 will stabilize the Win 64g power points and Sierra 63g semipt . I will try some this evening weather and time permitting. Don't understand how Ruger could have screwed up the twist information so badly. However I still really like the rifle.
Carbon12-measure the twist in yours and see what you determine.
UPDATE: Ruger customer service called me and confirmed that the twist in the 22-250 American is 1/14". He admitted that the web site was wrong and he was going to get that displayed misinformation on the 10" twist changed. Whatever-disappointed that the twist info was incorrect from the first.
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I really don't think a 10" twist would have done anything fabulous anyway.
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Well I pulled a bore brush through the barrel this am and measured the twist as 14"-damn. I figure the 22-250 will stabilize the Win 64g power points and Sierra 63g semipt . I will try some this evening weather and time permitting. Don't understand how Ruger could have screwed up the twist information so badly. However I still really like the rifle.
Carbon12-measure the twist in yours and see what you determine.
UPDATE: Ruger customer service called me and confirmed that the twist in the 22-250 American is 1/14". He admitted that the web site was wrong and he was going to get that displayed misinformation on the 10" twist changed. Whatever-disappointed that the twist info was incorrect from the first. I have not picked up the .22-250 American ordered. Now that the Internet rumors of an erroneous ROT cataloged by Ruger appears to be correct, I won't be accepting the rifle. Somewhat disappointing. I was prepping brass last night in anticipation of having a new toy. I suspected that DakotaDeer had insider intel but couldn't say it explicitly out loud.
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I really don't think a 10" twist would have done anything fabulous anyway.
Travis There is that. However, the times I have shot longer, heavy for caliber bullets in a 14 twist .22-250 did not tighten any sacks either though.
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I thought everyone knew it wasn't 1-10" twist.
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I thought everyone knew it wasn't 1-10" twist. Not the first nor the last time to be slow on the uptake. Still smarting on being scooped on the giveaway 9.3x57 Norma brass.
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I'd kill for someone to make a 1-8" twist 22/250 but would settle for 1-9" (since many are doing 223's with that twist).
But unfortunately Savage99 must be on the boards of many makers. If that twist was good in 1946 then it's good in 2013.
People are SO afraid of twist, you see it all the time on the 'Fire.
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I sent an e-mail to Ruger asking them to do that.
They told me to GFM.
Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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They probably know you. 
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Here be dragons ...
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Your plan is to buy a cheap rifle (by cheap I mean price, they actually look like a decent rifle) and then put a new barrel on it and end up costing more than you could have bought a better rifle for in the first place. ...not necessaririly; Marlin XS7 (used) $250 Boyd's 2nds (overcut barrel channel)unfinished stock $60 Shaw prefit light mag barrel in 284 win $150 ..my time..next to nothing All in for less than $475 3/4 MOA with factory fodder ![[Linked Image]](http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii249/Jeff518/th_100_7372.jpg)
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I'd kill for someone to make a 1-8" twist 22/250 but would settle for 1-9" (since many are doing 223's with that twist).
But unfortunately Savage99 must be on the boards of many makers. If that twist was good in 1946 then it's good in 2013.
People are SO afraid of twist, you see it all the time on the 'Fire. Savage has (or had) a nine-twist 22-250 in their BVSS model
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JeffG, that may be the best looking Marlin X7 in existence.
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