Originally Posted by
sabotloader
I am not really sure I am reading this post correctly? Who said that a 1-32 was the best twist?
I mean it is not a bad twist but I really think it is limited in what can be shot from it...
Hopefully Lee will pick up on this thread - he knows the Greenhill backwards and forwards...
Personally, in just my limited experiance - I really prefer 1-24.
Sorry for the confusion, I should have be more clear. Ron Name, the owner of SMI that makes the barrels. I debated a lot what twist rate to go with before ordering the barrel. I almost went with 1-24, but then Ron was very insistant that 1-32 was a good twist rate for .50's and I ultimately decided to go with what the guy making the barrels recommended. And I'm not saying it's a bad twist, I'm just wondering if there's certain bullet lengths and or weights that I should look at so I'm not buying a bunch of random bullets that won't work.
If I'm correct (and I very well may not be), in general the slower the twist the shorter that works? Not to say longer bullets won't work in a fast twist? I'm not sure. It confuses me.
Lee, for whatever it's worth, the next bullet I want to try is the Hornady .452 250 gr. FTX. I looked at hornady's website and didn't see a length on it, but I'll look some more.