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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1182047" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Every rifle has sweet spots with respect to bullet weights, charges etc but other than the really big, slow, African Magnum type calibers I really don't believe it is possible to over spin bullets without doing some pretty insane things like getting down below a 1.8 twist in something that is really screaming at which point you could have problems with bullets coming apart due to jacket failures along with severe pressure problems.</p><p></p><p>If you are within 1-1.5 times the recommended twist rate for a given caliber and bullet I think you'll be just fine.</p><p></p><p>I've shot a lot of light bullets in relatively tight twist .30's and .284's and never noticed a stability problem.</p><p></p><p>Some of the benchrest guys tell us that if you over spin a bullet it won't "tip over" properly meaning dropping the nose as it comes down but I have yet to see any evidence that it is true or that it makes any real difference if it can be shown to be true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1182047, member: 30902"] Every rifle has sweet spots with respect to bullet weights, charges etc but other than the really big, slow, African Magnum type calibers I really don't believe it is possible to over spin bullets without doing some pretty insane things like getting down below a 1.8 twist in something that is really screaming at which point you could have problems with bullets coming apart due to jacket failures along with severe pressure problems. If you are within 1-1.5 times the recommended twist rate for a given caliber and bullet I think you'll be just fine. I've shot a lot of light bullets in relatively tight twist .30's and .284's and never noticed a stability problem. Some of the benchrest guys tell us that if you over spin a bullet it won't "tip over" properly meaning dropping the nose as it comes down but I have yet to see any evidence that it is true or that it makes any real difference if it can be shown to be true. [/QUOTE]
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