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I may be totally mistaken, but I think to get a 1:11 or longer, you need to get a custom barrel. Not sure if any current companies are making factory guns with a twist rate longer than 1:10.
If you plan on shooting light bullets only, then you could go for those slower twist rates. I just bought a .243 last month and plan on using it for deer, coyotes and hogs. If you are wanting to accurately shoot bullets larger than 80-87 grains, I'd stick to 1 in 10 or faster.
Thinking varmit. Light bullets only. Something to play around with on the reloading bench. Wanting to try something different. Have a swede that gets the nod for deer and other hunting duties.
Also have an older winchester 243 that is a tackdriver with 100 grain bullets, want to leave it as is. I guess I am just looking for a reason to get another gun.
Just a little correction Ridgerunner665. Originally Remington introduced the 244 Rem with a 1in12 twist but realized that many hunters wanted to use the heavier bullets for deer and such, and that twist would not stabilize a 100gr bullet.
They then reintroduced and renamed the 6MM Rem with a barrel twist of 1in10 to handle the heavier bullets, much like the 243 Win, but the damage had been done and the 243 reigns supreme in the 6MM world.
I'm not sure when Remington changed the twist for the 243 to 1in9.125.
Many years ago I had a 700 Varmint Special in 6MM that cloverleafed the 80gr Power-lokt bullets regularly. That was a 1in10.
Sorry but you're wrong (most likely a misprint from wherever you read it)...it was changed to 1 in 9"...the change to 1 in 9" was was made in 1964, I have a 6mm from that very year (one of the first to be named "6mm Remington")...it has a 1 in 9" twist.
That said...the reason you say they changed it is correct...so it could stabilize the heavier bullets, and it was first called the 244...but its the exact same round.
Ridgerunner665, you are correct that Remington went to a 1in9 twist with the introduction of the 6mm Rem. Sorry for the misinformation.
Strangely, they initially retained a 1in10 twist for the 243. Here's a PDF that you may have seen before.
Is there an updated fact sheet on twist rates for newer guns? I just bought a Rem 798 in .243 and assumed it was somewhere bx 1:9 and 1:10, but I would like to know.
John828, Remington usually shows the twist rate on their site but not for the 798. But I found this in a search and it shows all the twist rates for all the calibers in the M798. You need to scroll down for the info.
The 22" barreled 243 shows a 1in10 twist.
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