The one in 14 twist won't stabilize real spitzers...

by JD, Western Washington, Monday, March 23, 2026, 14:21 (4 days ago) @ AaronB

If you look at factory 100 grain ammo, you will see that the bullets are kind of between a round nose and a blunt spitzer. The factory 100 grain loaded ammo stabilizes just barely, but not well enough for great accuracy. A 100 grain Spitzer would never stabilize in my 1 in 14 twist Savage. The best I could find was the Sierra 90 grain hollow point. I tried Nosler 100 grain plastic point bullets, but they went through the target sideways at any distance. None of the 100 grain Spitzers I tried ever would stabilize. The bottom line is that if you want to load any bullets heavier than about 90 grains, the 1 in 14 twist isn't going to get you there.