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Offline backstrap

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What twist will?
« on: January 10, 2011, 01:22:35 PM »
What twist will my new stevens 200, in 22-25 i ordered be??I am geting this rifle to shoot predators like coyote and bobcats , what bullet wheight would be best? I reload so i will buy bullets that will be best in wheight and fur friendly ..   Thanks for the info       
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Re: What twist will?
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2011, 03:19:17 PM »
Don't worry about twist.I'd start with 50-55 grain bullets
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Re: What twist will?
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2011, 04:11:48 PM »
I think you will find it is a 1 in 12 twist.  With a 22-250 you will be able to shoot most anything but the really heavy long bullets.  It will be able to stabalize bullets that will not work out of a 223 with the same twist rate because you will be able to drive them faster.  I would not worry about twist at all, a 22-250 is made for light weight bullets, so 55gr bullets should be really happy.  Larry
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Re: What twist will?
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2011, 05:18:50 PM »
Will it shoot something as light as 36gr i ordered some 36gr varmint gernades ,40gr vmax and some 45gr serria will it shoot these bullets ok? i dont want to shoot 50gr or up i got my savage mod 110, 223 shooting the 50gr vmax very well so i bought this rifle to shoot light stuff hope it will
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Re: What twist will?
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2011, 02:41:09 PM »
It will do fine I think, you may have a problem blowing up bullets at top speed however, the one in 12 twist is faster than what a 22-250 started out using, (1 in 14) so that may be an issue for you using light weight bullets.  You should be able to beat 4,400 fps with the real light ones.  Larry
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Re: What twist will?
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2011, 01:52:47 AM »
No real danger of spinning modern varmint bullets apart and 1:12 is still pretty slow.  I've not had good luck in the accuracy department with the 36gn VGs.  Could just be that my rifles (both .223) don't like that particular bullet.  As mentioned, the 22-250 is all about light bullets going really fast.  55gn is pretty much the standard for what is considered a "heavy" bullet for that cartridge.  The extra velocity will give you a slight stability margin compared to .223 but not much.
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