1:24" or 1:66"

[sethb]

i was reading on the pedersoli website that their .50 double rifle is 1:24". the guy at the shop said 1:66". obviously im going to have to go back and clarify with him, but if it is 1:24", what kind of projectiles are ideal?

 

Seth,
If the rifle has a 1:24 twist rate it is a bullet gun. Conicals with a pointed nose. Sometimes with the proper load they will shoot round balls with some degree of accuracy but not like a 1:66 round ball twist. I would tend to go with the maufacturer rather than the dealer. Take a rod and tight patch with you and see if he will let you verify what it is.
Mark

 

[Keppy]

I agree Papa. As I had said in an earlier post about your rifle, the 54cal. I saw I thought was a 1/28 but as you said Pedersoli says its 1/24 and that would be right. Thats why I wasn't interested in it because I wanted a RB shooter. Now at reduced loads it will shoot them pretty good. I have a friend that has a 1/28 or some fast twist in a 45cal. and it does good but with a reduced load which defeats the purpose. Did you get the scope mount off?

 

[sethb]

not yet,
really needs to be done. there's hardly any room to work the nipple wrench with that thing on. plus it just doesnt look right.

 

[Swampman]

I have a 1:28 twist rifle that will shoot very tiny groups with a .490 ball over 80 grains of 3F.

 

[Cosmoline]

I had a similar issue with a Pedersoli double fifty. It turns out they used to make them with a mid-range twist but switched to the 1:24. The newer ones have the tighter twist I believe specifically for the firing of big conicals. People usually buy the doubles to shoot large conicals, not roundballs. The Ped. doubles are absolute tanks and can take a stout charge with a heavy bullet.

 

[Tonibaruch]

What rifles Pedersoli doubles are?

Tb