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<blockquote data-quote="Jon A" data-source="post: 145138" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>These are around 1.76" long so I'm pretty sure these are short enough to work from a 1:9. I'll know for sure soon enough.</p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>And as Chris Berman likes to say, "That's why they play the games." </p><p></p><p>They didn't work--though they were very close. Some of the holes were <em>almost</em> round. With the RBBT I'm just going to need a slightly shorter bullet with my 1:9 twist. Nice as those 265's are, when I originally spec'd the 1:9 twist I was planning on shooting 250's. Guess I'll have to go back to what I had planned. Those 265's are nice though! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif Oh well, I'm sure Richard can make something in the 250 range that will be similarly impressive.</p><p></p><p>Thought I'd let you guys who may be planning future projects know--probably need a 1:8.something for these. Oh, the load I used was 98 grains of US869. They went 2875 from my 26.7" barrel. That was a bit hot, I'd reduce that load by about two grains putting it into the range I mentioned above with a very mild load.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon A, post: 145138, member: 319"] [ QUOTE ] These are around 1.76" long so I'm pretty sure these are short enough to work from a 1:9. I'll know for sure soon enough. [/ QUOTE ] And as Chris Berman likes to say, "That's why they play the games." They didn't work--though they were very close. Some of the holes were [i]almost[/i] round. With the RBBT I'm just going to need a slightly shorter bullet with my 1:9 twist. Nice as those 265's are, when I originally spec'd the 1:9 twist I was planning on shooting 250's. Guess I'll have to go back to what I had planned. Those 265's are nice though! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Oh well, I'm sure Richard can make something in the 250 range that will be similarly impressive. Thought I'd let you guys who may be planning future projects know--probably need a 1:8.something for these. Oh, the load I used was 98 grains of US869. They went 2875 from my 26.7" barrel. That was a bit hot, I'd reduce that load by about two grains putting it into the range I mentioned above with a very mild load. [/QUOTE]
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