Thread: Can twist rate be too fast?

Originally Posted by TARGEX

Yep, what he just said! I have seen phenomenal accuracy out of quick twist barrels using light for caliber bullets.
Main thing is bullet quality, if the bullet is made with "lesser " quality jackets (meaning bullet metals used & variation in jacket walls thickness) it creates effectively an out of balance wheel effect.
Faster it is spun the worse the wobble from the balance, just like an out of balance car wheel. Faster you drive the worse it gets.
Top quality bullets counter this problem.
Good quality bullets are fine in quick twist barrels in other words.

I agree with @TARGEX assertion fully. On Sunday 3 of his 70 grain 6mm bullets shot through a 1/8 twist formed a cluster that was barely more than a bullet diameter wide...

The annoying thing about that is that it wasn't me driving my rifle!