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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
300 WM barrel length and twist
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<blockquote data-quote="theosmithjr" data-source="post: 1354166" data-attributes="member: 102164"><p>Better to have a FAST TWIST than a SLOW TWIST! You can<u> UNDER STABILIZE a BULLET</u>, but you <u>CAN NOT OVER STABILIZE IT!</u> Allow me to explain; take a GYROSCOPE and place it on a counter top. SPIN IT. What Happens? With enough SPIN, it spins TRUE and STABLE. NOT ENOUGH SPIN and it wobbles and falls over. Same thing happens with a bullet in flight. You can spin the hell out of it and she'll fly straight and true; but not having enough spin on it and all hell breaks loose. It spins out of control completely! No TWO SLOW SPINS will ever have the same results; same as a bullet! I built two different .17's, one in .17 VLR the other a .17 PPC. The VLR has a 6 twist, the PPC has a 6 1/2 twist. I need the different twists to stabilize the lengthy bullets I built the rifle to shoot; but they will shoot anything smaller and accurately. Ted Smith Jr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="theosmithjr, post: 1354166, member: 102164"] Better to have a FAST TWIST than a SLOW TWIST! You can[U] UNDER STABILIZE a BULLET[/U], but you [U]CAN NOT OVER STABILIZE IT![/U] Allow me to explain; take a GYROSCOPE and place it on a counter top. SPIN IT. What Happens? With enough SPIN, it spins TRUE and STABLE. NOT ENOUGH SPIN and it wobbles and falls over. Same thing happens with a bullet in flight. You can spin the hell out of it and she'll fly straight and true; but not having enough spin on it and all hell breaks loose. It spins out of control completely! No TWO SLOW SPINS will ever have the same results; same as a bullet! I built two different .17's, one in .17 VLR the other a .17 PPC. The VLR has a 6 twist, the PPC has a 6 1/2 twist. I need the different twists to stabilize the lengthy bullets I built the rifle to shoot; but they will shoot anything smaller and accurately. Ted Smith Jr [/QUOTE]
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