I have a friend who is a class III.  Hes not a real detail oriented guy as Hank_Rearden1 pointed out earlier.  Apparently he purchased a full auto gallil from Botach for a LE demo.  Its a itty bitty thing with a folding stock and 7 inch barrel. Basically Botach told him not to shoot any lower than 62 grain or it would screw up the barrel.  I was telling him that with such a short barrel he should shoot 55 and possibly 45 grain loads to get them to fragment instead of heavy soft points.  I could see if his twist was too high that he could rip the jacket off the bullet but I didnt think that was possible in a 7 inch barrel.  Basically I'm guessing that Botach was full of shit and he'd be ok shooting low weight bullets but I have no experience with a gallil and maybe there is some sort of super secret dwell black hole  that forms in thier barrels that adds velocity that I'm not accounting for.


Anyone have any suggestions?

I would think that 62 grain or m855 would be the worst ammo to use out of such a short barrel, speaking from an AR point of view.

In regards to AR's, heavier bullets fragment better out of the short barrels. I would guess this Galil barrel is 1/7 twist as well?

Quoted: In regards to AR's, heavier bullets fragment better out of the short barrels. I would guess this Galil barrel is 1/7 twist as well?

Yes it's 1:7. Yea, I was thinking either go light or go extra heavy... like around 80+ grain HP range, assuming the short barrel could stablize it.