Howdy, I'm new here.......been lurking fer a while though.

I was at the local Wally World today and was checking out the rifles, saw an Axis .223 with a hang tag on it that said it was a 1-7 twist. Checked with the clerk, who dug out the factory paper work from the box, and it also indicated a 1/7 twist rate.

I bought mine about two years ago and the twist in it is 1/9. Mine handles 55 gr stuff really good, which I like as I use it fer coyote hunting and I like the lighter bullets to help save hides. I hope this is not going to be the standard twist rate in the future, because I was thinking about getting one for my son, who also likes to hunt coyotes. (He's been using my rifle and I want it back ) It's been my experience that the faster twists will shoot the light bullets, just not as well.