Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats What twist for a 22-250 custom build?

I'm toying with the idea of re barreling a rifle into a 22-250. Thinking I would run 50-60 grain bullets most of the time. I might consider doing something a bit heavier. What twist do you guys recommend?

8 or 9 twist

8

I went with a 10" twist in my last one and now wish I would have gone with an 8 twist to use all the bullets.

1-8" with the 40's 50's and 75's. No load development. Just loaded and shot.








Travis

Good shooting for 10 feet.

Jeez, he could not even hit the quarter either!

8

I have 2 12" twisted 22-250s and can't wait to torch ones tube and screw on a 8" barrel, in my experience with fast twist 223s you can get by with "overspinning" lighter bullets with no ill effects but you will put bullets in the paper sideways with a 12" twist if you go to 65 grain or heavier bullets

Let me guess? Your inventory of 22-250's matches your inventory of ammo?

Too [bleep]' funny.



Travis

I need them so I can buy more barrels.



Travis

Travis

Are you shooting a vanilla 250 or an AI?

not sure which way to go when I put a fast twist barrel on one of mine but I'm leaning towards a standard because fire forming sucks

I was also wondering about this I wanna do a swift I was thinking 1 in 12 I still wanna shoot 40 grain and commonly 50-55 I don't understand y they are almost all 1 in 14 normally I think 1 in 12 should work well with everything

Not Travis, but his tackdriver's a vanilla. I'm rebarreling my ai to a vanilla, but not because of ff. In my gun the ff rounds hit same or close enough POI not to worry about.

As BGG said, mine is vanilla.

IMO you're either an AI guy, or you're not.



Travis

NObody knows why they are all 1-14". The 1-8" will handle those fine.



Travis

Travis

What kind of speeds are you getting with 75 grain bullets out of the vanilla and what powders are the way to go? I am guessing the 75 amax is pretty much the way to go?

I am really tempted to put a 1 in 8 on one of my rifles now, life is to short and barrels are to cheap to shoot a tube you are not into. Not to mention why in the hell do I need two 1 in 12 22-250s?

You are right, I have realized I am not an AI guy, I tried it in a 257 roberts and its not worth it to me

1&12 or 1&14

I get 3300fps and that is with RL 15. No doubt H4350 will work too. I have enough 75gr Gay Maxes to get by but I would not hesitate to try the heavier Bergers if I didn't.

The more BC the better!


Travis

I shot my first 22-250 spittin' 75s yesterday (3400fps), and it blew my friggin' mind. I know what my next rifle is going to be.

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