That brings back fond memories.
That brings back fond memories.
Now it's going to take me even longer to get my barrels if you keep sending everyone there!K and p barrels in south dakota makes cut rifled barrels in any twist. And if you check he makes MOST elrx barrels for the top competitors.
I remembered reading or hearing something about the benchrest guys using the slowest twist rate possible to stabilize the bullets they were shooting. Might have even been one of Erik Cortina's interviews.The faster I tried to push the bullet the more the tight twist pushed back
Might as well order a Borden action and Seb NEO front rest so you can really have a lot to look forward to the next year.Add a McMillan stock to that order and wait for YEARS.
Originally to bring up subsonic bullets to the same RPM's as super sonic rounds in standard twist rates to increase stability. A side effect was the added RPMs had an increase in terminal performance of subsonic bullets. With greater wound churning with bullets like maker, Barnes and discreet ballistics bullets,I'm a bit confused here. What is the purpose of that much twist?
I, too, went with 1:8" for my .338 Thor (.338 NMI) primarily to propel the Berger 250/300, but I have not done the load development yet.I did step up to a 1:8 for my .338 Norma since I use monos for hunting. Curious to see what it does for the 300 OTM's.
WOWZER!Originally to bring up subsonic bullets to the same RPM's as super sonic rounds in standard twist rates to increase stability. A side effect was the added RPMs had an increase in terminal performance of subsonic bullets. With greater wound churning with bullets like maker, Barnes and discreet ballistics bullets,
Kevin with Q used a 12.5" 1:3 barrel "Fix" in 8.6Blk to kill a Cape buffalo using a 210gr Barnes spinning 500k RPM
We are running several platforms with 4+gains of twist. 6mm to .460, including consecutive barrel blanks with the only change being how large of a gain. The picture is a 300WM: shots 4,5,6 from a new barrel during break in. 200yd target. We came out of solids for a bit- but the Hammers look pretty worthy of trying them again.I am not sure what to think about gain twist. We have done a few and haven't seen any problems. They make sense to me in that they "ease" the bullet into the twist rate. What doesn't make sense to me is as the twist gains it changes the angle of engraving on the bullet, increasing the amount of engraving contract area on the bullet. In my mind this should increase the engraving pressure and create more distortion to the bullet. The ones we have done are 1" of gain and we have been able to still hit velocity and accuracy expectations with Hammer Bullets.
Got a bit more than just gain twist going thereWe are running several platforms with 4+gains of twist. 6mm to .460, including consecutive barrel blanks with the only change being how large of a gain. The picture is a 300WM: shots 4,5,6 from a new barrel during break in. 200yd target. We came out of solids for a bit- but the Hammers look pretty worthy of trying them again.
Let's see if we got this right... please chime in. Going from 12-8 (which we have operating). Just using simple linear values.We are running several platforms with 4+gains of twist. 6mm to .460, including consecutive barrel blanks with the only change being how large of a gain. The picture is a 300WM: shots 4,5,6 from a new barrel during break in. 200yd target. We came out of solids for a bit- but the Hammers look pretty worthy of trying them again.
I read that previously, and wondered if it holds true across the spectrum of case capacities, and bullets.For what it's worth, Applied Ballistics did a test years ago on twist rate and its effect on muzzle velocity. Here's an excerpt of their findings:
How Muzzle Velocity Changes with Different Barrel Twist Rates « Daily Bulletin
Many barrel-makers mark the twist rate and bore dimensions on their barrel blanks. Does muzzle velocity change with faster or slower barrel twist rates? Absolutely, but much less than you might think. Faster twist rates do slow down bullets somewhat, but the speed loss is NOT that significant.bulletin.accurateshooter.com
For what it's worth, Applied Ballistics did a test years ago on twist rate and its effect on muzzle velocity. Here's an excerpt of their findings:
How Muzzle Velocity Changes with Different Barrel Twist Rates « Daily Bulletin
Many barrel-makers mark the twist rate and bore dimensions on their barrel blanks. Does muzzle velocity change with faster or slower barrel twist rates? Absolutely, but much less than you might think. Faster twist rates do slow down bullets somewhat, but the speed loss is NOT that significant.bulletin.accurateshooter.com