Gain twist.

[Gunlaker]

Kurt I have two rifles with gain twist barrels. Both are Ron Smith. One is a .38-50 RH on a high wall, it ends in 1:14 twist. I shoot breech seated PP bullets out of it. It's very accurate but I honestly don't know if it's better than a uniform twist.

The other barrel is a .45-70 on a Meacham high wall. It ends in 17.5:1. I have no idea how well it shoots though as I haven't developed a load for it yet.

I know that Dave Patterson really likes them, although he shoots greasers in a .32 RKS, or some such cartridge, with smokeless so it's a different sort of thing. But boy is his rifle accurate. I think he knows how to shoot too :-)

I don't know a lot about the 2 barrels I have, as both were on rifles that I bought used.

I do know that in Perry's book he says that you should avoid gain twist barrels, but then he also says that shooting ability is dependent on eye color :-).

Chris.