What is the twist of the new 40-65?

It depends on your rifle's chamber and barrel, but in my Shiloh rifles in .40-65 the BACO 409400m4 bullet is very accurate.  If I was to shoot at only 100 and 200, I would actually use the Saeco #740 bullet believe it or not.  In both of my rifles, one 1:16 twist, and the other 1:14 twist, the Saeco is just a little more accurate at the closer distances.  Right up to around 300 yards.

Chris.

chris, 
you are a wiley old fox having a 14" twist.
never hurts to hedge your bets.
that should shoot the kidwell bullet pretty well.
now you just need a dual diameter pp mould to live the dream.
keep safe,
bruce.
P.S.
that barrel is crying out to have a 40/82 reamer run into it.
then you won't ever need a 45 again.

Bruce I went with the 1:14 twist on the new rifle based on a few things.  First was when Dan Theodore told me that the BACO 409400M4, when shot out of a 1:16 twist rifle, marginally stable out to 600 yards, but less so than a 1.45" money bullet out of a .45.    The other was shooting midrange with Bryan Y. and seeing how his rifle performed.

The new rifle seems to hold vertical a little bit better at 600, but truthfully, they are both superb.

I don't think I'll ever go with a larger capacity .40.   I have a lot of work to do on my .45-2.4" and 2.6" rifles.   I'm at the point where all of my rifles are capable of master class scores.  It's just the lack of ability to practice in the wind that's holding me back.  I'm very close to NRA master class in midrange, but a long ways off for long range.  I'd love to be able to practice more but geographically it's difficult.

You would like the .45-2.6" rifle I think.  It's a 15 lb Shiloh with an RKS barrel chambered with Dan T's PP reamer.  I haven't shot it as much as I need to, but it's superbly accurate with 100gr of Swiss Fg and a .445" PJ Money bullet. 

Chris.

At 200yds I dont think you can do much better than the lyman snover (Ron Long design ) and no need to hotrod it.

cw,
13 twist and a 1.5" long elliptical pp works well for me out to 1000.
chris,
i like the sound of your 2.6" 15 lb gun.
i can get 100 gns swiss 1.5 or 1.0 in the 2.4" case.
but mine is a greaser chamber though.
how deep are your bullets in the case.?
keep safe,
bruce.

For 40-65 I used (16:1 twist) three bullets commonly gave near 1,0" 100yd 5-shot groups. One I liked best was Saeco 640 370 grains, which was really good at 300M pigs. Others were Lyman 400 grain Stöver (410633), good ram bullet, and Lyman 425 grain 410655. Never used the 425 grainer in BPCR because of the extra recoil but it was my intended hunting bullet because of its flat point and small groups.

Have always viewed the "fancy" tapered lands bullets as best used for heaver loads (bullet seated well into lands) and 500M or further shooting. It might have been my best rams bullet but the recoil of heavier loads took its toll.