Like the title says, why don't more manufacturers offer 1:7 rifling twist with their AR clones? Maybe that's a stupid question but, I can't figure out why.
Joe Mamma
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Like the title says, why don't more manufacturers offer 1:7 rifling twist with their AR clones? Maybe that's a stupid question but, I can't figure out why.
Joe Mamma
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I will do you one better why not offer 1/8 twist?
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Might be a dumb question but why is 1/8 more desirable twist rate than 1/7.
I'm thinking of adding spare barrel to my SPR and the barrel I'm looking at is 1/8.
My current barrel is 1/7, both barrels are stainless.
I shoot SMK 77 grain reloads.
Thanks
Paul
It was always my understanding that 1/7 was to allow for the longer tracer rounds. I thought that 1/8 was good for pretty much anything other than the tracers and the lightest rounds.
The 1:7 twist is a good question. Twist rate is certainly debatable in most company. I have only 1:7 but many people swear by the 1:8 and even 1:9. To each his own I guess.
The question that really gets me though is why some AR manufacturers refuse to correctly stake their carriers with a Moacks or other homegrown device of their liking when it has been repeatably shown that this is a huge weak link in the AR platform if not done correctly. I guess we will never know that one!
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