"This shows the zealousness of gun owners to the point of actual foolishness," said Pat Wray, a freelance outdoors writer in Corvallis, Ore., and author of "A Chukar Hunter's Companion." The above quote from the article by another outdoors writer is not very helpful. Does anyone ...

This link has some info on twist rates for various calibers. It looks like for the .204, 1 in 12 works until you get to 50 gr or more, then they recommend 1 in 9.

http://www.riflebarrels.com/faq_lilja_rifle_barrels.htm