30 br twist

[Fuj]

That barrel in the 7xxx round range won matches last year by the fellow I sold the rifle to.

Burkett driving that rifle now ??

 

[joshb]

I bought 3 Montana rifleman barrels when they changed from making barrels for individuals to making barrels for rifle companies. Gary chambered the 30 caliber in 30-06 and screwed it to a Turk Mauser action. It is the gun that lives in my truck, when i was working on the ranch it was my last ditch protection from being eaten by hogs. I tried the lighter bullets as my shooting buddies at the time were going to light 30 calibers for the less than 250 yd shots we encounter here in the swamps. I tried the Sierra and could not get it to shoot as good as the 125 Nos BTs. I am going to buy a box of the Speers and try them in this same gun and see if the shoot as well as I hope they will. The 06 is a fast twist but I am wanting to try a 30 BR in the near future.

Some guys say the Noslers are better hunting bullets.

 

[JEFFPPC]

Burkett driving that rifle now ??

Probably

 

[FNSafari]

Will a 17 twist stabilize the 130 grain Speer? As I understand it Speer has made a pointed version of the 130 flat nose Ive been using in my 30/30 for many years. I find the Speers to be accurate and inexpensive, and hope the Wilson (developed for the 300HMR Oso mentioned earlier) pointed version shoots as well as the older versions do.

It depends on the length of the bullet not its weight. Try sourcing that info from the maker. If you are talking about the 125 TNT bullet a 17 twist will work just fine I couldn't find a 130 medium game bullet by speer but if the bullet length is 1" a 17 will work fine. If you have some freebore and this is a hunting rifle I would go with a 14 or 15" twist to give yourself a lot more bullet selection that will work for you. imho.