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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
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I have a newly purchased Savage 220f.
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<blockquote data-quote="owlhoot" data-source="post: 575732" data-attributes="member: 30770"><p>Hello Joe-</p><p>Savage most likely thinks people will shoot copper slugs or saboted lead slugs. The old muzzle loading Springfields of the Civil War era used a 1:70" twist, which shot soft lead slugs accurately. No leading, but I wonder if the slugs tumbled at around 300 yds? They left nasty wounds, even if they did not tumble. Velocity was around 950-1100 ft sec.</p><p>I am guessing that a 1:40 twist in the Savage 220 would stabilize the lead bullet rounds with good accuracy at deer hunting ranges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="owlhoot, post: 575732, member: 30770"] Hello Joe- Savage most likely thinks people will shoot copper slugs or saboted lead slugs. The old muzzle loading Springfields of the Civil War era used a 1:70" twist, which shot soft lead slugs accurately. No leading, but I wonder if the slugs tumbled at around 300 yds? They left nasty wounds, even if they did not tumble. Velocity was around 950-1100 ft sec. I am guessing that a 1:40 twist in the Savage 220 would stabilize the lead bullet rounds with good accuracy at deer hunting ranges. [/QUOTE]
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