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What’s your fur friendly coyote bullet
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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 2400654" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>asd9055 , perhaps it is because you are running newer AR's . the older bolt actions had 1:14 and 1:12 twist rates . I don't remember offhand what the first M16's ran that Eugene Stoner designed but I think it was 1:14 with a 20" barrel . They were at that time designed to run the 55 grain bullets . It wasn't till we started running heaver bullets that they started running faster twist rates in the Armlite Rifles I also have an older Ruger in 22-250 that has a 1:14 twist and it also likes the 55 grain Sierra hpbt's . History of the AR and M16 family of rifles is interesting I'm glad to have been here to live some of it , today it is interesting that they run 1:7 ,1:8 and 1:9 twist rates commonly and up to 75 grain bullets when in the past say 50 years ago all you could find was a 55 grain bullet for the 223 and 5.56 rounds and mostly IMR 4320 powder was what every one used to load them with . After we got involved in Afghanistan the M16's and then at home the AR's as well as the rest of the things dealing with firearm evolved at a faster pace then before in our history not much good comes of war but that is one good thing that has .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 2400654, member: 91783"] asd9055 , perhaps it is because you are running newer AR's . the older bolt actions had 1:14 and 1:12 twist rates . I don't remember offhand what the first M16's ran that Eugene Stoner designed but I think it was 1:14 with a 20" barrel . They were at that time designed to run the 55 grain bullets . It wasn't till we started running heaver bullets that they started running faster twist rates in the Armlite Rifles I also have an older Ruger in 22-250 that has a 1:14 twist and it also likes the 55 grain Sierra hpbt's . History of the AR and M16 family of rifles is interesting I'm glad to have been here to live some of it , today it is interesting that they run 1:7 ,1:8 and 1:9 twist rates commonly and up to 75 grain bullets when in the past say 50 years ago all you could find was a 55 grain bullet for the 223 and 5.56 rounds and mostly IMR 4320 powder was what every one used to load them with . After we got involved in Afghanistan the M16's and then at home the AR's as well as the rest of the things dealing with firearm evolved at a faster pace then before in our history not much good comes of war but that is one good thing that has . [/QUOTE]
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