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Offline hillbilly

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« on: June 28, 2004, 07:14:51 AM »
one quick question . what is the heaviest bullet i can use in my 22-250 it's a remington 700 ADL with the factory barrel. i'm looking at a 69gr match
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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2004, 12:10:55 PM »
Most 22-250 factory barrels are a 1:14" twist. My 700VS is. A 55-60gr bullet is probably the heaviest you will be able to stabilize in that barrel. Any heavier and they will probably tumble.  KN

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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2004, 07:14:09 PM »
Hillbilly,
KN is right, the chances of getting any accuracy out of your stock rem. barrel is slim to none, You will have to go to at least a 1in 10 and a 1in 8 would be ideal. If you are real serious you can have another barrel stuck on you gun, Then you could have any contour you wanted, Good Luck.
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« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2004, 05:32:19 AM »
thanks for the info i think i will have my mauser actioned 22-250 re-barreled to a 1-9 224. and if i'm doing that i think i'll go with the 224 TTH if i'm going to use the heavier bullets 65-80gr i might as well use a cartridge that'll give me more velocity.
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