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What would be considered the ideal twist rate for the 357 Mag and the 357 Bain & Davis using 158 to 180 grain bullets in a 20 inch barrel?

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Ideal twist rate is usually calculated via Greenhill formula. You can download an app to do the calculation on Z-hat's website.

Find the length of the longest bullet you plan to shoot, and plug it in to the formula with the constant for under 2800 fps (there's a different constant for over 2800 fps).

Most .357's seem to have 1:14 twists, but when I did the calculation based on the Sierra and Hornady 180's (.752 in and .756 in), I came up with 1:25 inches twist. Some Rossi Puma's apparently have 1:30 inch twists good for only 158 gr and below.

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1:14" to 1:16". Check out the PPC revolvers' twist.
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I had a question of, is that the total length of the bullet or just the bearing surface? I'm thinking from your measurements shown that it is the total length of the bullet.


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Total length.
Also, remember that Greenhill developed his formula to determine the longest bullet that a existing twist could barely stabilize (he was working with existing navel cannons and the (than) new streamlined projectiles).
IOW having a twist rate slightly faster than calculated is not a bad thing.
 
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