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    Barrel Length vs twist rate

    I searched for twist rate and couldn't seem to find an answer.

    Here's my question.
    1:8 = one twist (revolution) in 8" of barrel.
    So a 16" barrel has 2 revolutions before bullet exits barrel.
    8" barrel has 1
    12" barrel 1.5 revolutions.

    Is it the 1:8 or revolutions that stabilize the bullet or the revolutions before exiting barrel?

    If all three fired identical ammo is any one inherently more accurate than the other?
    Last edited by Pushbutton2; 04-21-2017, 11:49 AM.

    #2
    The 1:8 sets the angular velocity/momentum that will then stabilized the bullet.

    All will have different accuracy not due to stabilization but due to different harmonic nodes based on barrel oscillation.

    Faster the twist=more angular velocity/momentum=more spin drift.

    Basic physics.

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      #3
      I don't know but maybe Sheldon Cooper does

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        #4
        Not based on the RPM's, assuming all exit at same velocity. Bullet will have the same RPM's out of a 8 inch barrel as a 36 inch 1:8 barrel. Of course identical ammo would have different accuracy, velocity, etc. if fired from different length barrels.

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