My club has a library with rather a lot of older publications. Lately I have been reading some of them and the most recent, 'Practical Dope on the .22' by Ness, I noted a few interesting (I think) things.
1) Accuracy has come a long way. Published in 1947, Ness refers to a lot of load testing of factory and handloads where accuracy is 1.5-2.0 MOA and seems happy with that.
2) Things being touted as 'new' these days like very snug neck tolerances were well recognised at the time.
3) Rates of rifling twist were slower. Ness refers to Lovell considering a 1-20 twist for a 55gr jacketed bullet with "excellent accuracy and stability" (page 271 paragraph 1).
Still very relevant and interesting reading.
Cheers from New Zealand
