| Posted: Thu Oct 29th, 2009 03:30 PM |
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larryo1
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When I made my rifle, I used the Greenhill formula for twist and bullet length. My rifle has a 28 inch twist and I am stuck with the original bullet length. Longer and heavier just tumble. If he uses those heavy bullets, then he must have a faster twist. Were I to do this again, I would go with the twist that is common with the 40-65 as folks are shooting heavier bullets with that twist in the 40 calibers. I don't mind my rifle's twist as I have worked around it. The wind can play hell tho if one isn't careful.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29th, 2009 03:42 PM |
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He either used a 14 or a 16 inch twist.
My wife is shooting a roller rebarred, and chambered to 40-65. It's a greenmtn barrel with a 16 inch twist. Mostly we shoot either the Lyman snover or the Rcbs 400 CSA in it. With 58 grs goex 3f express it holds up well to 1000 yds, but the wind can really raise holy ned with it at distance.
My 405 with its 14 inch twist utilizes bullet from 200 to 400 grs fairly well. The hard part is getting them to the .413 diameter need to keep leading at a minimum. Altho I've had reasonable accuracy and minimal leading with .411 gaschecked bullet.
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larryo1
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My favorite toy right now is my 45-75. Haven't hunted with it yet but---! The rifle that I hunt with but not targets is my '86 45-90. Over the years, that rifle has tagged alot of game. It is a hunter's rifle, not a "Collectible" but there are those that think it should be.
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