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Understanding Twist Rates

Article Reprint: SWAT Magazine October 2013

Short-barreled rifles have skyrocketed in popularity over the last several years, but has the niche outrun the knowledge in the pursuit of ergonomics? There is nothing quite as frustrating as banging the 16th inch of your muzzle on every surface imaginable as you try to smoothly deploy a carbine in CQB, vehicle or urban environments.

Learn more about Understanding Twist Rates in this S.W.A.T. Magazine article.

Copyrighted Material. Reprinted by permission of S.W.A.T. Magazine.

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