| It is even more complicated when you get into using bullets with particular firearms. The barrel twist in the firearm has to have the right match for the bullet or it will not shoot well. The bullet has to be stabilized when it leaves the barrel, if not it will tend to wobble and tip in flight, usually making for an inaccurate shot.
Fortunately overstabilization of bullets is usually not a problem so smaller bullets normally can be fired from faster twist barrels (however some thin varmint bullets will not handle the forces put on them from a rapidly twistingbarrel and will shed their jackets in flight) There is a wide range of bullets that will be stabilized by common barrels, but be aware if you are planning on hunting larger game with heavy bullets then often a firearm made for varminting may not handle the longer bullet well.
J Jacob Schwindler, Attorney at Law |