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<blockquote data-quote="mmgravy" data-source="post: 1541754" data-attributes="member: 60615"><p>It sounds like you have the right thought process in place, namely putting a new Swift tube on the Swift and building, say a 22 Creedmoor.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I would say is if rebarreling your Swift, go with a minimum 8 twist. Do not go any slower. I have rebarreled a pair of push feed M70's, one with a SS 5R Rock barrel and the other a SS Brux. Both are 1-8 twist. If I were to do it over, I would have gone 1-7.5 or perhaps 1-7.</p><p></p><p>I also have a 1-14 Swift. The lightest bullets I have shot in all three is 50 grain. All three shoot groups about the same size. The heaviest I have shot are 80 grain in the fast twists, again both of them shooting the same size groups. The 1-14 will not, of course, shoot an 80 grain accurately which brings up the point of going with a fast twist to be able to shoot the heavies as well as the lightweights.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mmgravy, post: 1541754, member: 60615"] It sounds like you have the right thought process in place, namely putting a new Swift tube on the Swift and building, say a 22 Creedmoor. The only thing I would say is if rebarreling your Swift, go with a minimum 8 twist. Do not go any slower. I have rebarreled a pair of push feed M70's, one with a SS 5R Rock barrel and the other a SS Brux. Both are 1-8 twist. If I were to do it over, I would have gone 1-7.5 or perhaps 1-7. I also have a 1-14 Swift. The lightest bullets I have shot in all three is 50 grain. All three shoot groups about the same size. The heaviest I have shot are 80 grain in the fast twists, again both of them shooting the same size groups. The 1-14 will not, of course, shoot an 80 grain accurately which brings up the point of going with a fast twist to be able to shoot the heavies as well as the lightweights. [/QUOTE]
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