Savage vs Ruger 7mm-08 Slow Twist

[Shooter0302]

Where are you looking for Prefits ??? X Cal. , Criterion, Shilen, and Preferred barrel Blanks, ALL have 1-8 T .284 BBl's. Bbl's

[Longranger]

Where are you looking for Prefits ??? X Cal. , Criterion, Shilen, and Preferred barrel Blanks, ALL have 1-8 T .284 BBl's. Bbl's

Was looking more for factory take offs. Looking for a lightweight budget gun with a sporter barrel for hunting backcountry, I was thinking I could just get a regular factory savage take off barrel in 7mm-08 and put it on my 110 reciever but it seems like the factory stuff is all slow twists compared to the ruger

[taylorce1]

What are you planning on shooting that the extra .5" of twist is going to make a difference?

[Longranger]

What are you planning on shooting that the extra .5" of twist is going to make a difference?

.5? Show me a factory savage that has a 9" twist

[Shooter0302]

Tomorrow I'll measure an assortment of 7 MM bullets and list their length,
as far as a take off sporter Wt. Bbl. probably your chance of finding one is like finding hen's teeth in finding one, and then it's a guess if it will shoot Min. of what ever animal you plan to hunt.
Since the list of business's that made / sold Prefits was taken down, you might check on e bay, or if you can wait a couple of months X Cal. Barrels usually has a "black Friday sale"
http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmstab-5.1.cgi

[Shooter0302]

.5? Show me a factory savage that has a 9" twist

Rem. put a 9.25 T in their 7-08, and in the early days of NRA rifle silhouettes , A woman won the Nat. Championship using a stock 700 in 7-08.
My point is that a 9.5 T will stabilize any bullet that the 7-08 case can push fast enough for kills on most lower 48 animals.

[taylorce1]

.5? Show me a factory savage that has a 9" twist

I miss read the OP, there isn't a 7mm cartridge that's on my radar that I want to try. I didn't look to see what Savage uses for a barrel twist rate. So what bullets do you want to use that an 8.5 twist is needed?

[Longranger]

From what I've been reading 9.5 twist is marginal for 175s, I'd rather know for sure I can stabilize those with a 9 or 8.5. But I'm also seeing a lot of the older savage 7mm-08 barrels we're 11" twist so I'm worried about getting one of those slow things if I get a take off barrel.

[taylorce1]

I'd just order a custom prefit 1:8 twist and be done. It gets you what you want unless you just want an excuse to buy the Ruger. My buddies wife shoots the Ruger American Go Wild in 7-08, they both really like it as he often steals it.