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Building 338 Win Mag and Need Barrel Help twist and lenght
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<blockquote data-quote="ecooper1514" data-source="post: 481672" data-attributes="member: 31865"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I ordered a barrel from </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Krieger today for a rem 700 338 win mag I am building for a hunting rifle. I want to get it done asap and most of their barrels on the shelf are the 1:9.35 twist, since the lappua guys are buying and buying.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I went with the 1:9.35 twist stainless barrel in 24" and my thinking was I would like to shoot the 250 tsx copper barnes or even the 265 tipped tsx and the heaver bullets would need the faster twist. I'm I right or wrong?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Also seeing that the 250 or 265 is going to slow the velocity down, should I have went with a 26"??? He has one so I can change my mind tomorrow probably at the latest. Also I know the 2 extra inches will give me some speed, but would it help me stabilize that heavier maybe longer bullet?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I was just worried that the 26 would be a extra long gun for walking/hiking around and hunting, so the wrote up the order for a 24".</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Wanted the little heavier bullet for overall hunting, first trip for the rifle is a south african hunt the end of june.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Thanks for your help!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Eric</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ecooper1514, post: 481672, member: 31865"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I ordered a barrel from [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Krieger today for a rem 700 338 win mag I am building for a hunting rifle. I want to get it done asap and most of their barrels on the shelf are the 1:9.35 twist, since the lappua guys are buying and buying.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I went with the 1:9.35 twist stainless barrel in 24" and my thinking was I would like to shoot the 250 tsx copper barnes or even the 265 tipped tsx and the heaver bullets would need the faster twist. I'm I right or wrong?[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Also seeing that the 250 or 265 is going to slow the velocity down, should I have went with a 26"??? He has one so I can change my mind tomorrow probably at the latest. Also I know the 2 extra inches will give me some speed, but would it help me stabilize that heavier maybe longer bullet?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I was just worried that the 26 would be a extra long gun for walking/hiking around and hunting, so the wrote up the order for a 24".[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Wanted the little heavier bullet for overall hunting, first trip for the rifle is a south african hunt the end of june.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Thanks for your help![/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Eric[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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