28 nosler twist??

[L.Sherm]

Ordering a 1/8 28 nosler barrel. My one .284 bad experience was with a 280ai in 1/9. It shoots 150s great but I really wanted to shoot 168s and it cant shoot them at all

The 1/8 recommendation sounds good to me

Are you sure it was a 1-9 or that it was suppose to be.
I've shot alot of 180 Bergers out of 9's and they shot just fine.

 

[Mram10us]

Ordering a 1/8 28 nosler barrel. My one .284 bad experience was with a 280ai in 1/9. It shoots 150s great but I really wanted to shoot 168s and it cant shoot them at all

The 1/8 recommendation sounds good to me

The 1:9 I built loved 168 vlds. I'm doubtful the twist was the reason your rifle didn't like them.

 

[Rem81]

I've got a new question. If I go 1:8, how light ofva bullet can i still use effectively? I've got lots of 160 accubonds and my 1:9 shoots them light out. It's just doesn't stabilize anything over 175 consistently.

My 28 nosler 1-8 twist will shoot 160 accubond about 2 to 2 1/2 inch group all the time at 300 yards. Shoot an elk with them at 350 yards and drt!

 

[Kaptoe]

The 1:9 I built loved 168 vlds. I'm doubtful the twist was the reason your rifle didn't like them.

Definitely could be right. I was very surprised 1/9 didn't cut it. I have made stronger efforts with other rifles to get to shoot but just went to the 150ablr and didn't look back

 

[WildRose]

The 1:9 I built loved 168 vlds. I'm doubtful the twist was the reason your rifle didn't like them.

I've been scratching my head on this as well. My 1:9 and 1:9.25 twr rifles have shot everything up to the 160-175gr class bullets fine at least to the extent of stabilizing well.

The only exception to that has been with mono's that of course take a tighter twist for the same weight bullet.

If I were to build another 7mm anytime soon though I would probably go with a 1:8 or 1:8.5 for the heavier mono's.