SteveW-II
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Hi there.
I am looking for some advice about the barrel life and twist rate of a 22-250.
My friend has a Weatherby VarmintMaster in 22-250 that he wants to sell. The barrel is (in his words) shot out. It's a 26" medium weight barrel right now, as it came from the factory. I think it's a German gun from the late 70s.
So, a new barrel required. To keep the intrinsic value of the gun, I would send it back to Weatherby to re-barrel and blue to match the original finish. My questions are, what twist rate and what kind of barrel life can I expect ? This would be my first 22-250, but I shoot a lot of 223 and have 'standardized' on 69 grain for those.
All the 'factory' 22-250s I see seem to have twist rates of no lower than 1-12. I expect them to be unable to stabilize a bullet over about 60 grains. I am not a hunter or varmint shooter and would be punching paper with it at between 300 and 400 yards. I would like to shoot 69 grain SMK or Noslers out of it and so would opt for a 1-9 twist (I don't even know if the Weatherby factory offer this option).
Does anyone here shoot 69 grain bullets from a 22-250 ? What is your twist rate ? I also recall some discussion about 22-250s burning out their barrels pretty quickly. Is that true ? How many rounds is 'quickly' ? I shoot about 3k rounds of 223 a year going by my ordering history at Midway.
Thanks for your help..
I am looking for some advice about the barrel life and twist rate of a 22-250.
My friend has a Weatherby VarmintMaster in 22-250 that he wants to sell. The barrel is (in his words) shot out. It's a 26" medium weight barrel right now, as it came from the factory. I think it's a German gun from the late 70s.
So, a new barrel required. To keep the intrinsic value of the gun, I would send it back to Weatherby to re-barrel and blue to match the original finish. My questions are, what twist rate and what kind of barrel life can I expect ? This would be my first 22-250, but I shoot a lot of 223 and have 'standardized' on 69 grain for those.
All the 'factory' 22-250s I see seem to have twist rates of no lower than 1-12. I expect them to be unable to stabilize a bullet over about 60 grains. I am not a hunter or varmint shooter and would be punching paper with it at between 300 and 400 yards. I would like to shoot 69 grain SMK or Noslers out of it and so would opt for a 1-9 twist (I don't even know if the Weatherby factory offer this option).
Does anyone here shoot 69 grain bullets from a 22-250 ? What is your twist rate ? I also recall some discussion about 22-250s burning out their barrels pretty quickly. Is that true ? How many rounds is 'quickly' ? I shoot about 3k rounds of 223 a year going by my ordering history at Midway.
Thanks for your help..
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