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Hammer Bullets and twist recommendations
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<blockquote data-quote="RebelGuard" data-source="post: 2356850" data-attributes="member: 120587"><p>I had a chance to measure some Hammers to comparably weighted Hornady ELD's and found the length difference was negligible. However I didn't really think about the monolithic construction having such a big factor in the matter. Regardless, I would always rather have "too much" stabilization rather than too little. It was just quite a shock seeing such twist rates that I have never seen with any other bullet manufacturer I've come across so far. Maybe my next rifle build I'll try a really aggressive barrel twist and see how that performs with all of the old fashioned rounds. If the end result is that a faster twist runs both long, high BC bullets and shorter lower BC bullets just as good then I don't see why I won't have all of my barrels eventually replaced when they wear out. Mind you I'm talking about significant twist rate differences that were unheard of 20 years ago.. not just .5" to 1" faster that most of us have done with our newer rifles already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RebelGuard, post: 2356850, member: 120587"] I had a chance to measure some Hammers to comparably weighted Hornady ELD's and found the length difference was negligible. However I didn't really think about the monolithic construction having such a big factor in the matter. Regardless, I would always rather have "too much" stabilization rather than too little. It was just quite a shock seeing such twist rates that I have never seen with any other bullet manufacturer I've come across so far. Maybe my next rifle build I'll try a really aggressive barrel twist and see how that performs with all of the old fashioned rounds. If the end result is that a faster twist runs both long, high BC bullets and shorter lower BC bullets just as good then I don't see why I won't have all of my barrels eventually replaced when they wear out. Mind you I'm talking about significant twist rate differences that were unheard of 20 years ago.. not just .5" to 1" faster that most of us have done with our newer rifles already. [/QUOTE]
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