Originally Posted by
SuperKirby
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.
It would really be hard not to go with the advise of the guy making the barrel... He should certainly know. I am not much of a information source when it comes to SMI barrels but it seems to me that PACNOR and Savage have gone the other way. Did he provide any examples of what bullets might be the best. My guess is common ordinary lead/copper bullets shorter in length would be the ticket if you can get them down the barrel.
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.
I think you are correct going or thinking shorter. Lyman offered a 1-32 twist in their GPH barrel as sabot shooter but I am positive they were looking at the shorter more common pistol type bullets.