Mr. Bowhunt/Fish

some of you remember the old "affordable tackdriver"--the remington model 788. my father-in-law has one in the 22-250 cal and i am now the only one to use it. the rifle shoots very well with rem express 55gr PSP bullets.

i washoping ifanyone knows the twist of the barrel of the 788? based on the serial #, therifle was made in1974. i looked that up on remington's website--however, they did not have any info about the barrel twist. it has a 22" barrel.

btw, it stills shoots real well with those bullets. this past deer season, between me and my friends, the rifle downed 7 does--all tight behind the shoulder shots. the farthest shot was 160 yards. they all ran off about 75-100 yards and died, butmostly NO blood trails (nature of the beast with small bullets--makes you a good tracker though).

i just wanted to know the twist so i could know how light or heavy ofa bullet i could use for diff. applications thanks

James B

If I recall correctly, they had a 1 in 14 twist. Mine handled bullets up to 60 grains pretty well but shot best with 50-55 grain bullets.

Mr. Bowhunt/Fish

thanks james b, i just wanted to see it if was 14 or 12 twist. i was wanting to shoot the nosler partitions in 60 gr and i guess i will be able to now.

bigbulls

I don't know what it is off the top of my head but why don't you just measure it yourself?

Just get your cleaning rod with a jag and a tight fitting patch. Push it in a few inches into the bore and mark a line on the rod at a referance point on the receiver. Push it until the rod makes one complete revolution. Mark the rod again and measure the distance between the two marks.

Roskoe

You are recalling correctly - 1:14 twist.

James B

I remember gun stuff pretty well. However I can't remember anything else.