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Damn. Okay, I must be doing something wrong. I'll go back and re-enter the numbers. I solidified some thinkings and picked up some new info. Thanks 98 :)

You bet. I look forward to it. It seems from what I can gather, is that the longer the projectile, the tighter the rifle twist. Meaning, the less number of inches per full twist and/or steeper angle of twist per inch. But it has to be the right amount. Too tight, it will over-gyrate the projectile causing it to "nose over" and begin to tumble. Too little of a twist rate and the bullet will drop faster, be less accurate and become far less consistent on it's point of impact overall. With this is velocity. The faster the projectile, in percentage of it's working velocities, the less (slightly) amount of twist becomes the ideal. Are these correct or only parts? This still leaves one wondering why these calcs use overall length in the calculations instead of actual projectile length. Again, the brass is not part of a bullets performance. A bullet starts its performance at the same place where the rifling/twist rate starts. The end of the chamber. So, how are these calcs correct in using"cartridge" length? I'm hoping someone can explain this. Is everybody wrong on their choice of barrel twist? They can't be. The proof is found at the range. This leads me to determine that there is something I haven't grasped yet. What is it?

98Z5V: Hell yeah Light Fighter! There in 85-88, went trough ROP twice because we got attached when the unit was 1st getting certified via DOA/DOD and had to go again about year later when unit was full man and the newbs had to pass ROP to stay. Sucked. "Hungry Lizard"/Hunter Ligget, Pioho Airstrip doing air assault and Palisades for rappelling. LOVED IT! Miss it now even today. They tore it all down judging by Google Earth. We were first down by Stilwell Hall and the sewage plant in the ol' WW2 barracks then moved up onto the "Hill". Sounds stupid, but I kinda miss that smell when we'd do our morning runs on the beach. Kinda wanna go back. Miss my friends/comrades. A bond like no other. All you other Vets know exactly what I mean too. Yeah, a big part of me that I carry every day and proud of my time "In". Anyway, sorry for being so "loquacious" and waxing nostalgic. ;) Okay the websites there are many, but most are similar and will give the 2 that are different in approach: 1. http://mcgowenbarrel.com/twist2/ 2. http://www.bergerbullets.com/twist-rate-calculator/ Here's the JBM one too on lengths: http://www.jbmballistics.com/ballistics/lengths/lengths.shtml According to the JBM header, this guy is doing this on his own and I think he deserves some Kudos for his/hers/they're efforts. My Build: 45 Raptor. 16-18" bbl haven't decided yet, LR308 based. "And please, you are not texting, type things out. Nothing worse than reading illegible nonsense. Be eloquent and loquacious."...LOL Sorry, I try to only ask a question once. :)

Hi, I did search for this beforehand, got nothing. Am Honorable Veteran, and have been shooting since about 7. Done lots of shooting but have never bought a custom barrel b4. In this proces, there is the specifying of the twist rate. To do this, I was trying to use various Twist/Stability calcs found online. Problem is, the calcs want "Bullet Length". Presuming they didnt mean "Cartridge" length, I set out to find the caliber's bullet length. A BIG kudos goes out to jbmballistics.com who is generating the only list, built by shooters/reloaders (I even tried Speer, Hornady etc.), where I could find this data. Now, when putting in this data, I end up with some extremely high inch twist that I know is off. If I put in "Cartridge" length, I hit closer to realistic/common. Wth?? My questions are: 1. WHY would the added length of the brass be part of a calculation where the brass doesn't go down the barrel where the twists "reside"/affect trajectory of the real projectile? I can't see why including the case length would provide a better answer than that of what would actually be contacting the rifling when using these T/S calcs. 2. How does one use these accurately? The other factors (fps, caliber etc.) are all common sense. But what is it I am doing/not doing to get these oddball #s? Am I destined to bust out my school calc and do some "Miller" by hand? Ughh... ty b4hand.