I have a Rem 700 VS, and it has a 1/14 rate of twist. How can I figure out what the heaviest bullet is that I can shoot. I would like to shoot a 68 gr. but I am afraid that is aliitle too heavy

I have a Rem 700 VS, and it has a 1/14 rate of twist. How can I figure out what the heaviest bullet is that I can shoot. I would like to shoot a 68 gr. but I am afraid that is aliitle too heavy

What is the VS chambered for?

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Thanks.

We'd need to know the caliber your shooting and the specific cartridge. for instance a 1-14 will stabalize a .243 68 grain bullet where a .224 caliber probably wouldn't, depending on the velocity your shooting at.

Brownell's has a tech note in their tech department that gives the bullet weights and twists for about every caliber on the market. Just check at their web site.

Here's the link.

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/GunTech/CheatSheet.aspx?p=0&t=1&i=61

sorry about putting this in the wrong spot originally. 22-250 is the caliber I am shooting

Couple of things to think about.

Twist is more dependent on bullet LENGTH than purely it's weight. Speer makes a flat based, semi-round nose 70gr. .224 bullet that's been stable out of several 1:14 twist rifles. Have also seen that same bullet be unstable out of a couple of other folks rifles with the same twist, so it's possible that it's on the edge. Trick is that the flat base and round nose make that bullet no longer than a 55gr. Spitzer boat tail. Same holds true for Sierra's 63gr. Semi-point. Neither of them is a great long range bullet; just too blunt a nose to earn a high BC.

Those long 68gr. match bullets won't stablize from a 1:14 twist. Even if they did, I've been a lot less than happy with thier performance on varmint type critters...are match bullets, and in that use they are fine (given a fast twist to spin them) but really haven't found them great on critters.

I shot a 22-250 for more than 30 years for a coyote rifle and found the best killer was a 55 grain bullet at 3850 fps or so. For a while there I was whacking better than 50 coyotes a year with that combo. Never understood the need to shoot heavier more expensive bullets. I had great luck with both Sierra and Hornedy 55 grainers in .224 diameter and the price was certainly right.

Today I don't kill so many, but now with the 243 I'm still shooting a 55 grainer, the Nosler Balistic tip at 3950 fps and it kills very well along with the 40 grain Hornedy V-max out of the 204 Ruger at 4000 fps.

Whenever you get into heavy bullets for the varmint calibers your paying premium prices and really not gaining a thing for normal varmint hunting out to 500 yards or so and past that most are now out of range of these old eyes.

What are you going to shoot with it? Unless you are going to mess with long-range (well over 300 yards) shooting, pick the best bullet for the task.

For 600-1,000 yard shooting, you need a different twist rate for the long pointy heavy bullets.