bamaranger
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I've owned and tinkered with a .32 CVA Squirrel rifle for many years. While surfing the web today I read commentary on twist rates for the little rifle, and various owners reported a wide range of twists, of which they were quite sure. Rates ranged from 1:32, 1:48, 1:56, the slow twist even substantiated with factory literature.
So I pulled my rifle down from the rack, fitted a tight patch and did some measuring............surprise, surprise. ... 1:56!. I'd always thought the rifle was twisted 1:48!
One of my projects with the .32 has been to acquire a .32 Maxiball mold and shoot conicals through it, thus easing the chore of seating patched balls. My cast Maxii's run about 110 grains. Accuracy has been surprising out to 100 yards, not stellar, but acceptable enough for recreational shooting, and small game as rabbits, groundhogs, and varmints such as coons or coyotes would would be feasible targets to 75 yrs.
Given my new awareness of the slow twist, truly astounded that the Maxi's shoot as well as they do.l
So I pulled my rifle down from the rack, fitted a tight patch and did some measuring............surprise, surprise. ... 1:56!. I'd always thought the rifle was twisted 1:48!
One of my projects with the .32 has been to acquire a .32 Maxiball mold and shoot conicals through it, thus easing the chore of seating patched balls. My cast Maxii's run about 110 grains. Accuracy has been surprising out to 100 yards, not stellar, but acceptable enough for recreational shooting, and small game as rabbits, groundhogs, and varmints such as coons or coyotes would would be feasible targets to 75 yrs.
Given my new awareness of the slow twist, truly astounded that the Maxi's shoot as well as they do.l