Barrel twist on Mini-Mauser .223 ??

ENBLOC

March 07, 2012 02:26

I was interested in the Mini-Mauser M-85 imported by Century Arms chambered in .223 Remington. I called Century Arms & they could tell me it was drilled/tapped for scope bases, but they did'nt know rate of twist. Do any of you Experts know the answer? How do you rate this Rifle?
Thx,
ENBLOC

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  charliemeyer007

  March 07, 2012 07:02

  Google is your friend. They look like a nice rifle.
  http://www.zastava.co.nz/m85.html

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  cody45

  March 07, 2012 16:01

  the one I had was a 14" twist just as the overwhelming number of sporting rifles in 223

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  Tflogger

  March 07, 2012 21:32

  My mini mark X imported by Interarms has a 1 in 10 twist. Same factory?

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  ENBLOC

  March 10, 2012 09:23

  I did the math AND it appears to be 1:12.2" too slow. I'd hope to find one with 1:9 or 1:8. What about the Savage or Stevens short actions in .223? Anyone know their twist rate, or are they all slow?

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  sandwarrior

  March 10, 2012 09:59

  quote:Originally posted by ENBLOC
  I did the math AND it appears to be 1:12.2" too slow. I'd hope to find one with 1:9 or 1:8. What about the Savage or Stevens short actions in .223? Anyone know their twist rate, or are they all slow?
  
  
  Enbloc,
  
  Savage comes with a 1-9" standard. But, there are 1-7" that also came out in limited numbers. I think you can still get them. Stevens is 1-9". For a short time I actually saw a few Stevens 200's come through the local Gander mountain, that were heavy barreled and had 1-9" twists. Since they don't advertise them, I would assume they are no longer made.
  
  To the OP:
  
  Sorry, I got side-tracked. All the imported mini-Mausers I've seen in .223 had a 1-12" twist. My current mini Mauser (Rem 799) in .222 has a 1-12" twist. So do the current .223's.

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  TRAP55

  March 10, 2012 11:39

  Searched their site for the twist specs, but could only come up with 1-7 for their AK version in .223
  http://www.k-var.com/shop/product.php?productid=17833&cat=442&page=2

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  nononsense

  March 10, 2012 13:13

  This is a list from a .pdf from a while back:
  
  http://www.exteriorballistics.com/reference/pdf/Twist%20Tables_Rifle.pdf
  
  Best.

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  jonk

  March 10, 2012 13:29

  It seems there are a number of answers, leading me to think there a number of possible twists.
  
  Figure it our yourself. Just get a tight fitting patch, and see how many inches you have to push it in to get the rod to turn one whole turn...

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