First, huge thanks for your work with testing and sharing the knowledge.
Second, sorry for lengthy post.. Had too much time on my hands and interested in hearing your thoughts.
I would like to already order a barrel from a but going to wait for now I guess.
According to the quote above there is a quite a fine line between a proper MV and twist rate.
As I live in the North there really are some seasonal hardships when it comes to muzzle velocity.
But to my understanding how this works is that the barrel length is there to slow down the bullet.
So basically the colder it gets the less angular velocity is gained and thus groups should not get bigger due to too fast twist, on the contrary.
Personally, I have no issue with 22" as my present one is that length too.
But have you thought about testing a fast twist that would shoot well with shorter barrels? Because there is some play in the calculations that you get more even MV from the longer barrel, because as the barrel slows down the bullet, the slower velocity will cause greater vertical at the target!! This is because the faster the MV, the more forgiving it is for ES.
Comparison at 100m, 0.132BC
300 m/s to 310 m/s difference: 26cm drop vs. 24.4cm=1,6cm
310 m/s to 320 m/s difference: 24.4cm vs. 22.9 =1,5cm
At 300m:
300 m/s to 310 m/s difference: 536.7cm vs. 510.8cm= 25,9cm
310 m/s to 320 m/s difference: 510.8cm vs. 488.3cm=22,5cm
So at 300m having 10 m/s faster MV pays off by having 15% smaller vertical. In an effort to get the best out of 22LR SV rounds, this is good to consider.
My (not final / lacking) testing has shown me that around 1.5C changes velocity by 1 m/s.
This intrigues me since per earlier paragraph, in the colder enviroments lower MV compromises vertical grouping. I would want to go as fast as possible, preferably under the sonic boom. Going over the speed of sound would not probably add significant problems to flight since current velocities still travel a good bit in the transsonic region but I prefer going under just for the low noise, and lower wind deflection.
If my brain works correctly you would want to get somewhere around 320m/s (1050FPS) as possible in the summer 20-22C ( 70F) conditions, having around 335m/s ( 1090-1100) in the regions of 30-35C ( 85-95F)
That way in the 0C (30F) you would still be having 308m/s (1010FPS) muzzle velocity.
Around that point I would start using Biathlon ammo, which is of course slightly supersonic in warmer conditions.
Second, sorry for lengthy post.. Had too much time on my hands and interested in hearing your thoughts.
I have a fixed twist faster than 10, below 22" in length, accuracy is terrible. At 22" it's incredible. Haven't tested longer than 22"....
MB
I would like to already order a barrel from a but going to wait for now I guess.
According to the quote above there is a quite a fine line between a proper MV and twist rate.
As I live in the North there really are some seasonal hardships when it comes to muzzle velocity.
But to my understanding how this works is that the barrel length is there to slow down the bullet.
So basically the colder it gets the less angular velocity is gained and thus groups should not get bigger due to too fast twist, on the contrary.
Personally, I have no issue with 22" as my present one is that length too.
But have you thought about testing a fast twist that would shoot well with shorter barrels? Because there is some play in the calculations that you get more even MV from the longer barrel, because as the barrel slows down the bullet, the slower velocity will cause greater vertical at the target!! This is because the faster the MV, the more forgiving it is for ES.
Comparison at 100m, 0.132BC
300 m/s to 310 m/s difference: 26cm drop vs. 24.4cm=1,6cm
310 m/s to 320 m/s difference: 24.4cm vs. 22.9 =1,5cm
At 300m:
300 m/s to 310 m/s difference: 536.7cm vs. 510.8cm= 25,9cm
310 m/s to 320 m/s difference: 510.8cm vs. 488.3cm=22,5cm
So at 300m having 10 m/s faster MV pays off by having 15% smaller vertical. In an effort to get the best out of 22LR SV rounds, this is good to consider.
My (not final / lacking) testing has shown me that around 1.5C changes velocity by 1 m/s.
This intrigues me since per earlier paragraph, in the colder enviroments lower MV compromises vertical grouping. I would want to go as fast as possible, preferably under the sonic boom. Going over the speed of sound would not probably add significant problems to flight since current velocities still travel a good bit in the transsonic region but I prefer going under just for the low noise, and lower wind deflection.
If my brain works correctly you would want to get somewhere around 320m/s (1050FPS) as possible in the summer 20-22C ( 70F) conditions, having around 335m/s ( 1090-1100) in the regions of 30-35C ( 85-95F)
That way in the 0C (30F) you would still be having 308m/s (1010FPS) muzzle velocity.
Around that point I would start using Biathlon ammo, which is of course slightly supersonic in warmer conditions.