There are a couple of posts showing up in the LRH thread that a very informative (IMO) about the 1-20 twist that I would like to carry over here so I am going to try to re-post them here.
1.
Originally Posted by
1874sharpsshooter
I never did understand why the 1:20 always seemed to be controversial. I have several 1:18 and 1:20 sidelocks and inlines and most of the people I know who shoot long range all shoot one of those 2 twists. Granted I shoot heavy lead most of the time but the twist is more versatile Thames many think and a whole lot more accurate than many think
2.
Originally Posted by
builder459
It's the image of the 1:20 that would need to be reversed and considering the 45 cal isn't very popular to begin with,bringing the 1:20 back isn't a sound business move IMHO.the 1:24 makes a lot more sense if Knight wants to move away from the 1:30.the 1:28 & 1:30 .45 cal rifles shoot about every bullet offering on the market well,with very few exceptions.a lot of folks are having great success shooting 45 cal PT golds,SST and Barnes bullets naked in the .250 gr weight class out of the 1;28 & 1:30. it's more about lack of heavier .40 cal bullets,than the twist IMHO.
3. My replay to Builder
Originally Posted by
builder459
It's the image of the 1:20 that would need to be reversed and considering the 45 cal isn't very popular to begin with
That is the very thing i was dealing with in my mind... the existing image. After shooting that image is completly reversed.
bringing the 1:20 back isn't a sound business move IMHO.
And that is the biggest problem facing a business today - the image - or really what will the public buy into.
Unless we (the shooters with a 1-20 twist gun) can show the image to be incorrect - it might be risky. Even if on a forum like this a few of us can show the it was a bad rap what reall good will that do for the majority of the ML shooters that have a bad image. We are so few and so many never even come here to see what might be happening.
the 1:24 makes a lot more sense if Knight wants to move away from the 1:30.the 1:28 & 1:30 .45 cal rifles shoot about every bullet offering on the market well,with very few exceptions.a lot of folks are having great success shooting 45 cal PT golds,SST and Barnes bullets naked in the .250 gr weight class out of the 1;28 & 1:30. it's more about lack of heavier .40 cal bullets,than the twist IMHO.
From a business standpoint you might be right - but at this moment from a shooters perspective - i would say bring on the 1-20.
I do not know how Doc White developed his twist rates that were not following the norm - but if his 45 were 1-20 and his 50's are 1-24 - they certainly work. But as Cayugad has said there is more to it than just twist rate. Depth of the lands and grooves fall in there also.
Right now after my limited experiance - I would vote for a 1-20, not for what it will do inside a 100 yards but for what it can do outside of the 100 yard make in maintaining bullet stability.
I hope this does not cause a problem - but I think they are very pertainent to the conversation...