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Someone had asked if mine is an FN action, I think not, it's all Mark V with the 9 lug bolt, but a 1967 and clearly marked made in Germany. That definitely put it in the 1-12 twist camp. Hence the original questions about twist. I bought some Hornady 270 130 grain SP interlock bullets to...

I see the photos are reversed, it's a right handed gun.

The stability calculator is wonderful. Thank you! I have not yet fired this gun, it followed me home about 10 days ago. The 130 gr Bergers may well be worth a try. Digger here is an attempt at pictures. The scope is one I had never seen before. German optics made by Pecar Berlin a...

Richard, Yes I did mean the chamber having no twist, the barrel throat looks like new. Is there a better way to check for twist? I tried the same trick in a 358 Winchester, it has a new barrel but the brush didn't bite as well to give me a steady turn.. I knew the twist but forgot, it's not...

To determine my twist, I put a brush on the end of a cleaning rod and put a tape marker at the 12:00 position. Pushing it slowly and smoothly through from bore to end I got 1.75 turns. This in a 24 inch barrel and I'm figuring the first almost 4 inches have no twist. A 1-10 would have given...

That will help a lot, thank you.

Hello all, I'm new as of tonight to this forum. I just bought a 1967 mfg date German 270 Weatherby, and as far as I can tell it has a 1 in 12 twist, the later guns were 1-10. As a little background info, I've been reloading for years in other calibers. Here's the question. I'm going to...