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Author Topic: .54 CVA Bobcat loads  (Read 6236 times)

Offline Fletcher

Re: .54 CVA Bobcat loads
« Reply #30 on: October 18, 2013, 09:11:09 PM »
A slower twist does not put as much spin on the round ball.  With too much spin you get a 'curve ball' like in baseball.

However a conical likes spin sort of like the 'spiral' on a football.  1:48 does a fair job with both, but overall a 1:60 or
slower will shoot a round ball better and 1:30 or faster will shoot a conical better - of course that depends a whole lot
on the size and the hardness of the bullet, the powder charge , the particular gun.  No easy formula here and of course
thousands of opinions on the subject.
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