LEFT HAND TWIST IN HS
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LEFT HAND TWIST IN HS
I have a Kimber HS and pushing a kroil soaked patch thru with a Dewey rod I noticed it was turning to the left !! It drives me crazy to have left hand twist in a barrel. It turns off jags from cleaning rods. Just really annoying. I have a TC Hornet barrel the same way. The Hornet shoots really great tho, don't know about the Kimber yet !!
Does it make a difference when wind shooting? I keep thinking of right twist barrels and how they react to wind from my stool shootin days.
Any thoughts??
Thanx again
Does it make a difference when wind shooting? I keep thinking of right twist barrels and how they react to wind from my stool shootin days.
Any thoughts??
Thanx again
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Trent
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Re: LEFT HAND TWIST IN HS
Shouldn't the left hand twist actually tighten the jag?
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jdp
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Re: LEFT HAND TWIST IN HS
Are you pushing the jag through from the chamber or from the barrel?
John Peterson
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Re: LEFT HAND TWIST IN HS
From the Breech end (chamber). Old adage...lefty loosy...righty tighty !! 
Unless it's left hand thread. My 22 Hornet TC barrel is left twist as well, I even called TC they said it was nothing to worry about. It does shoot good tho.I guess I won't fret over it.
Unless it's left hand thread. My 22 Hornet TC barrel is left twist as well, I even called TC they said it was nothing to worry about. It does shoot good tho.I guess I won't fret over it.-
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Re: LEFT HAND TWIST IN HS
22’s.
In reference to your question about twists and wind: I think it’s interesting but I don’t know if we shoot far enough with 22’s to make it a factor. The Palma and long range guys call it drift I think and they normally attribute about 1 MOA at 1000 yards to it. I believe left hand twists drift left and right hand twists drift right. There is some information in “The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters” about it. And I believe the military had a standard for every so many minutes of elevation, there was a offsetting windage adjustment required.
I’m also curious about whether or not it’s a factor at the distance we shoot SB. 22’s have such a slow twist it may not be much of a factor at any reasonable distance.
In reference to your question about twists and wind: I think it’s interesting but I don’t know if we shoot far enough with 22’s to make it a factor. The Palma and long range guys call it drift I think and they normally attribute about 1 MOA at 1000 yards to it. I believe left hand twists drift left and right hand twists drift right. There is some information in “The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters” about it. And I believe the military had a standard for every so many minutes of elevation, there was a offsetting windage adjustment required.
I’m also curious about whether or not it’s a factor at the distance we shoot SB. 22’s have such a slow twist it may not be much of a factor at any reasonable distance.