thatmikeguy
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- Steinbach, Manitoba
i have a savage model 12fvss with a 26" 1 in 12 twist barrel and i'm wondering how heavy a bullet it will properly stabilize?
22-250/Heavy Bullets??
- Thread starter thatmikeguy
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Up to 70 gr, maybe, with a stiff load, though more likely in the 60-62 gr range. (Depends on bullet length, though, rather than bullet weight). Most factory 22-250 tubes are 1 in 14 twist, and you're generally hard pressed to get past 55 gr with those.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
I agree, up to 60 grs sounds right. The key is the length of the bullet, so a bullet that has a VLD profile will require a faster twist to stabilize than one that is a flat based - round nose even though the weight is the same. The VLD profile makes the bullet long as possible, and the FBRN profile makes the bullet almost as short as possible.
