Twenty some years ago I swore I would never cast for anything smaller than a 30 caliber. Well, have to eat my words.
Got PO'd when the rimfire ammo mess came up. Sold all but a few of my Winchesters after collecting them for 30 years. Moved forward and went to a 22 Hornet. Found a beautiful little Savage Model 40. I never crowded it as I only wanted to equal a 22RF. It shot over and above my expectations. I doubt I would have harmed it, but some of the issues they had spooked me. I swapped it for a CZ527. The 527 has a 1-16 twist. Think the savage was a 12?
I had some of my 225415 loaded for the savage and ran them through the 527. Horrible is putting it mildly. Ever see key holes group? At 100 yards there were five stacked about 1" apart about like =.
I had these running at 1050-1060 fps.
I know speed can over come lack in twist. Do those in the know think running faster will over come that. Or do I need a new mold?
Kind of wishing I had the savage back. What spooked me the most was a buddy had one just like mine. He had not crowded it on pressures, but had shot it a LOT more than I had mine. His bolt came apart. No parts to be found. He is in the process of building a new one. Last I spoke to him he was wishing he had never started it. But was bound and determined not to let it whup him. Scrapped the first try and was on the second, had over 80 hours that far.
Jeff