optimum Weight for Twist

[tufrthnails]

TY LW. What weight to start off with in my 6.5 creed 1-10 twist 24" barrel.

If 140s fly at all decent that is what I am going to hunt with, but for punching paper I want to go with the optimum weight.

Edit: Looks like the 140's and 143's should fly well. I really should have checked that before I bought a rifle, but it was an after thought. I'm glad its should work out good for me.

[darkker]

Edit: Looks like the 140's and 143's should fly well. I really should have checked that before I bought a rifle, but it was an after thought. I'm glad its should work out good for me.

Ehhh..... Hows that?
The 143 ELD-X is 1.44" long, and the 140 ELD-M being 1.374"
So firing WITHIN SAAMI pressures, you are only marginally stable. This can mean terrible groups, or just lost BC.
A 10-twist in a Creedmoor is a varmint weight shooter.

[tufrthnails]

Ehhh..... Hows that?
The 143 ELD-X is 1.44" long, and the 140 ELD-M being 1.374"
So firing WITHIN SAAMI pressures, you are only marginally stable. This can mean terrible groups, or just lost BC.
A 10-twist in a Creedmoor is a varmint weight shooter.

Not according to the info I was running, but I could easily be entering it wrong. I'll have to recheck the numbers. I did some break in and at 100 yards it looks great. Won't get to stretch it out for another couple weeks.

Edit: Man I'm glad you jumped in and helped me out on that. I have no idea where I pulled my data from. I was having a hard time finding length on Hornady rounds at work, but I did end up finding some numbers. They were way wrong. Especially since they settled in at around .750" at 100 yards at end of my break in. Which seems they will be perfectly fine for normal hunting distances. I'll find out when I stretch them to 400 yards in a few weeks, but I'm gonna start working some shorter bullets for my paper punching plans. There is so much of this I don't know yet. This site is great for helping guys trying to get a little more out of their shooting/ reloading.

Side note this may become my go to for Yote hunting!