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Longest shot +1500 yard hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Augustus" data-source="post: 669958" data-attributes="member: 10142"><p>The info I am interested in does not exist. My concern is that since the twist rate I am using is fairly extreme, a conventional barrel could shear the drive bands on banded bullets. The CE bullet will probably be more likely to withstand the forces because the shaft of the bullet is somewhat engraved though not to the extent of a jacketed bullet or the Jamison solid.</p><p></p><p>I am pretty sure a conventional twist this tight has not been tested with banded bullets. A 6.5 twist in 375 is comparable to a 5.5 twist in 338 so there is some serious twisting. One of the reasons for using the gain twist is to reduce the pressure on the bands by spreading these forces out over a longer period of time. There also seems to be some advantage in torque reduction.</p><p></p><p>I am not even sure if a twist rate this tight is required to stabilize the 425, I would like to see someone fire them from slower twist and see where they start having issues. It may be they will work from an 8 or so. I could tear my rig apart and screw on my 8 twist barrel but it has not impressed me very much with any bullet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Augustus, post: 669958, member: 10142"] The info I am interested in does not exist. My concern is that since the twist rate I am using is fairly extreme, a conventional barrel could shear the drive bands on banded bullets. The CE bullet will probably be more likely to withstand the forces because the shaft of the bullet is somewhat engraved though not to the extent of a jacketed bullet or the Jamison solid. I am pretty sure a conventional twist this tight has not been tested with banded bullets. A 6.5 twist in 375 is comparable to a 5.5 twist in 338 so there is some serious twisting. One of the reasons for using the gain twist is to reduce the pressure on the bands by spreading these forces out over a longer period of time. There also seems to be some advantage in torque reduction. I am not even sure if a twist rate this tight is required to stabilize the 425, I would like to see someone fire them from slower twist and see where they start having issues. It may be they will work from an 8 or so. I could tear my rig apart and screw on my 8 twist barrel but it has not impressed me very much with any bullet. [/QUOTE]
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