tc twists

[dave22250]

How come when you look at these reloading books they all show differant twists for the barrels,they all say there testing is with tc contender 30-30 barrel for onebut they all show diff.twists,hoarnady shows 1 in 14,nosler shows 1 in 12 and speer shows 1 in 10 tc shows all barrels pistol or rifle at 1 in 10 so where are the manu.getting tc barrels in all these diff.twists. Another example is 45-70 tc says all 45-70 contender barrels are all 1 in 14 when I called but there twist chart shows pistol 1 in 14 the rifle is 1 in 20 I checked my rifle it is 1 in 20.

[6.5 mike]

IIRC, the early 30 herrett bbls where 1 in 14, later ones are 1 in 10( I think). When in doubt, check it yourself. :popcorn:

[canyon-ghost]

TC typically has a tighter twist that is for shorter ranges, as long is we're talking about cast. Their selection of twist and chambering is made to open up bullet choice.

A TC Contender is usually extremely accurate, with it's own brand of sizing and recoil. You can bet that a Contender has more recoil per grain of powder than a rifle or semi-auto. Contender fans also enjoy wildcats as a standard, can't say that about any other handgun. It's the Ultimate Hunting Handgun- with it's own set of rules!

[fryboy]

i'd imagine that t/c is talking about current production and the differences are in the older production ( but entirely serviceable old stock )

[35isit]

I got this off the specialty pistol website. It is not complete or 100% verified.


ok.....here is all twist rates i find at this time. of course in some cases i can not confirm....but maybe this will answer some questions.

17 rimfire 1"10"
17 Centerfire 1:10"
22 LR 1:15"
22WMR 1:12"
22 Centerfire 1:12"
6mm/.243 1:10"
25 Caliber 1:10"
6.5mm/.264 1:8"
.277 Caliber 1:10"
7mm/.284 caliber 1:9"
30 Caliber 1:10"
30 carbine 1:12"
.35 caliber 1:14"
338 Caliber 1:10"
338-06 A-square 1:12"
.375 Caliber 1:12"
.44 caliber 1:20"
45 colt 1:16"
.45-70 caliber 14" barrel 1:14"
45-70 caliber 23" barrel 1:20"
209x45 1:28"
209x50 1:28"

[stubshaft]

IIRC, the early 30 herrett bbls where 1 in 14, later ones are 1 in 10( I think). When in doubt, check it yourself. :popcorn:

The 30 Herret was initially designed for lightweight boolits in the 110 - 125gr range. Silly Wett shooters and hunters who wanted to shoot heavier boolits got poor to dismal accuracy. T/C then changed the twist to 10" to satisfy the majority of shooters. They used to swap the barrels out at no charge, I sent them a 10" and 14" and got the faster twist. It worked great with the LBT 180's that i was using at the time.