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<blockquote data-quote="Prairie" data-source="post: 1459985" data-attributes="member: 48583"><p>You mentioned "Yaw" of a bullet. If things are in order, there isn't any "Yaw" to a bullet, unlike with an arrow. What I suspect happened with your application was the twist rate in your barrel was too slow for the Barnes bullet you chose. I had the same problem with two .22-250's I have. I loaded up some Barnes Varmint Grenades at 50 grains and they key-holed out of a Savage Model 112 and the same out of a Remington 700. Couldn't figure it out. After much research, I found that seeing as how Barnes are copper bullets, in order to attain the desired bullet weight, the bullets are longer than a normal bullet would be to make up for the weight of the lighter copper bullet. Seeing as how the bullet is longer, it requires a faster twist rate to stabilize the bullet. The same goes for a heavier bullet. I then loaded up some Hornady V Max bullets in the same grain weight of 50 grains. They shot a ragged hole at 100 yards. The twist rate in both of my .22-250's is 14 to 1. Now I took some of the Varmint Grenades and loaded them in some .223 cases and shot them in one of my AR's and they shot sub MOA at 100 yards. My AR's twist rate is 8 to 1. Problem solved!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prairie, post: 1459985, member: 48583"] You mentioned "Yaw" of a bullet. If things are in order, there isn't any "Yaw" to a bullet, unlike with an arrow. What I suspect happened with your application was the twist rate in your barrel was too slow for the Barnes bullet you chose. I had the same problem with two .22-250's I have. I loaded up some Barnes Varmint Grenades at 50 grains and they key-holed out of a Savage Model 112 and the same out of a Remington 700. Couldn't figure it out. After much research, I found that seeing as how Barnes are copper bullets, in order to attain the desired bullet weight, the bullets are longer than a normal bullet would be to make up for the weight of the lighter copper bullet. Seeing as how the bullet is longer, it requires a faster twist rate to stabilize the bullet. The same goes for a heavier bullet. I then loaded up some Hornady V Max bullets in the same grain weight of 50 grains. They shot a ragged hole at 100 yards. The twist rate in both of my .22-250's is 14 to 1. Now I took some of the Varmint Grenades and loaded them in some .223 cases and shot them in one of my AR's and they shot sub MOA at 100 yards. My AR's twist rate is 8 to 1. Problem solved! [/QUOTE]
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