Thread: bearing length

No never tried 140gn class other than some barnes 140's I had been given. They shot a bit over an inch off memory. But they being what they are are long for their weight anyway. Also I never got the rifle to shoot that weight as I would have stayed with what I had. I wanted to go from 130-150 at around 3k to 160- 180 at about the same. I would be interested to know if others measured the bearing surface on projectiles they found accurate in their rifles whether there is a link. I know there's variables such as secant or tangent, whether weight forward etc, softness or hardness of the jacket and core, throat lead and more. Not to mention on the eldx box it says 9.5 or faster. If I can lay my hands on a couple of say nosler ab's in 140-160 and 150bt I'll try them I only tried a few of the bergers so may have another go with them. But at the end of the day I've spent a lot and a lot of time chasing my tail and is it better to just rebarrel with a 8 twist?