Originally Posted by
Surf
I think many people are educated enough at this point in time to understand that a 1/8 barrel is an excellent twist rate. There was a time where many barrels in the chrome lined category that were using lesser grades of steel were also by chance not a 1/7 twist, often a 1/9. So people pretty much poo poo'd anything outside of 1/7. When in reality 1/8 falls well within the optimal range for a wide variety of bullet weights. There are very good quality barrels these days offered in a 1/8 and I too own a few.