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220 Swift, twist rate, barrel length
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<blockquote data-quote="hypersonic" data-source="post: 1152691" data-attributes="member: 5217"><p>I have been shooting a Swift for a long time and it is my favourite .224 center fire cartridge. I have always had the 1-14" twist and have stuck with 40-60 grain weight bullets but most of my shooting is with 55 grainers. I used to get great accuracy with 60 grain nosler partitions years ago but the new ones don't shoot nearly as good best I could do with them is about 1-1/2" for 5 at 100 while reworking a load. I get good accuracy with the Barnes 53 grain tsx which Barnes recommends a 1-12" twist for but I don't have any issues with them. You have not said what you were going to be shooting with yours game wise but there are more than enough bullet types available to suit your needs. Since you are having this rifle built go with the 12 twist it will not hurt you in the least and I would go with a 26" barrel to get the performance advantage over the 24". If you are looking for load data I have tons and tons from over the years and you can PM me if you want as some of them are a fair bit over book stuff but have been worked up in my swift and are safe for me.</p><p></p><p> I have used pretty much every powder recommended for the old swifty and all the tried and true load combos but have settled on a powder that no one would think of using as they would consider it way too slow burning for the swift I won't post it cause I will get laughed at but it works for me and gives me a nice 3750 with a 55 and itty bitty groups so I am pretty happy.</p><p></p><p> I think you are going to love your swift once you get it up and running</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hypersonic, post: 1152691, member: 5217"] I have been shooting a Swift for a long time and it is my favourite .224 center fire cartridge. I have always had the 1-14" twist and have stuck with 40-60 grain weight bullets but most of my shooting is with 55 grainers. I used to get great accuracy with 60 grain nosler partitions years ago but the new ones don't shoot nearly as good best I could do with them is about 1-1/2" for 5 at 100 while reworking a load. I get good accuracy with the Barnes 53 grain tsx which Barnes recommends a 1-12" twist for but I don't have any issues with them. You have not said what you were going to be shooting with yours game wise but there are more than enough bullet types available to suit your needs. Since you are having this rifle built go with the 12 twist it will not hurt you in the least and I would go with a 26" barrel to get the performance advantage over the 24". If you are looking for load data I have tons and tons from over the years and you can PM me if you want as some of them are a fair bit over book stuff but have been worked up in my swift and are safe for me. I have used pretty much every powder recommended for the old swifty and all the tried and true load combos but have settled on a powder that no one would think of using as they would consider it way too slow burning for the swift I won't post it cause I will get laughed at but it works for me and gives me a nice 3750 with a 55 and itty bitty groups so I am pretty happy. I think you are going to love your swift once you get it up and running [/QUOTE]
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