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Range Report Best twist for M855?
TiroFijo, thanks much for answering the question. The reward for answering a question is more questions : ) Do you remember what the length was on the 1/10" twist bbl? Was it SS 109 or M855, do you recall?- backbencher
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Range Report Best twist for M855?
Interesting - what velocity are you getting out of your Remington w/ those 64 grn Gold Dots? Rhyno, kraig has supplied us w/ M855 bullet lengths, do you have a formula handy? There are @ least 2 versions of M855 - M855, 62 grn, tri-metal w/ a steel penetrator core, & the new M855A1, a solid...- backbencher
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Range Report Best twist for M855?
Perhaps I should phrase the question another way - does anyone have experience in firing M855 at a twist rate between 1/9" & 1/12"? Not AT 1/9" or 1/12", but between those two twist rates. kraig, thank you for the 2nd link - although they fired all their test shots from 1/7" twist bbls, some...- backbencher
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Range Report Best twist for M855?
My good sir, the question is not about Mk 262, or M856 - it's about the optimum twist for M855, a 62 grn round. 1/7 does not appear to be the optimum for M855's terminal ballistics.- backbencher
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Range Report Best twist for M855?
Hello all, yes, I'm new here. A few of us on another forum were reading about the AR's original twist of 1/14 and the effect on terminal ballistics. We then got into a discussion of the optimum twist for M855, especially given the Swiss chose 1/10 for their 63 grn service ammo. The US went w/...- backbencher
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Hello from Kuwait
We were reading about the AR's original twist of 1/14 on Weaponeer.net, and fell into a discussion of the ideal twist for M855. Rudison on ARFCOM sent me over here. I'm also the editor for the Feinstein Project, which is an attempt to design and build a working AR lower from children's plastic...- backbencher
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