Nomercy448

Lots of bad press in the market regarding AR twist rates - largely unsubstantiated, and even more largely propagated by folks who have never actually fired the shots themselves. So it's pretty common for folks to become biased by those statements - if you hear a lie enough times, eventually it will become true, at least in your perception.

For a general purpose or coyote hunting rifle, if you put two barrels on the table and only gave me the option of a 1:7" or a 1:9", I'd be more prone to pick up the 1:9" before the 1:7". I've killed hundreds and hundreds of coyotes, and dozens upon dozens of hogs with 50 and 55grn pills, most commonly NBT's and V-max's. The 60grn Partition is all I need for deer and hogs as well - which is as happy in a 1:9" as it is in anything else, in my experience.

I've also had no trouble getting 77grn SMK's and 75grn A-max's (single loaded) run sub-MOA in 1:9" tubes as well. Sure, in a short barrel, these lose velocity and destabilize a lot earlier than in a 1:7", but we're still talking 500-700yrds before the wheels come off. Farther than anyone ever needs it to run.

I burn out barrels with 50grn V-max's, most often in 1:9". Find the right load and you'll be in fine style.

SecondChance

100% agree with RR, you cant over stabilize a projectile as long as the jacketing is intended for that range of stabilization. Im running 55grn Bergers and V-Maxs in my Bart Baldwin .223 barrel and MB with a 1:7twist without somuch as a hitch with Varget. I have tried just for S&G's some Winy Black Box 45grn BT's and as hard as I couldn't believe it, they stayed together at 100yds. Never shot anything but paper with them, should be something to zap a 'yote with them to see what they would do.