So you shot out Your fave 222 barrel..what next?
- Thread starter WhelanLad
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True the 223 does give you more options but then your looking into a new die set and spending money doing load developments with the heavier bullets new powders etc from a COVID-19 money saving point of view I stand by my first post on this matter - the extra money that would have been spent I would put it towards
1) Bills
2) Home improvements
3) Rainy day savings
4) A better scope or Spotting scope
Just my opinion
1) Bills
2) Home improvements
3) Rainy day savings
4) A better scope or Spotting scope
Just my opinion
Why wouldn’t you need to do load development on a new 222 barrel?
- Location
- Edmonton Area Ab, Candle Lake Sk
1 in 8 twist 6x45.
58gr 3000fps + 80- 85gr 2800 fps +
58gr 3000fps + 80- 85gr 2800 fps +
I knew a bench rest shooter back in the 70's who had a .222 Rem Mag light varmint rifle he competed with... it had 4000 rounds through it and still shot many 1/4 groups... not good enough for bench but he continued using it for gophers...
It would depend on what you were using your .222 for on what to do today. It's so easy to continue with another .222.
It would depend on what you were using your .222 for on what to do today. It's so easy to continue with another .222.
I know of several Sako vixen .222 with shot out barrels, from the NZ deer culling days, including one Dad had in the 60, and 70,
I was told round numbers between 8000-12000 ish, depends on the desired accuracy,
The farm shed had suger sacks of .222 brass, piled high when I was a kid, wish I had access to it now.
Sum of Dads, shooters were shooting 2500-3000 deer a season, 3 months, daily tallys, 20-30 plus.
I know when goat culling on one shoot, I carried in 500-550 rounds of .222 and was out by day 4, the others had a .308,.243 and 30-30 and were out by day 2, 200-300.
I know of a Sako vixen .222 that's on its 5th barrel, all shot out,
I was told round numbers between 8000-12000 ish, depends on the desired accuracy,
The farm shed had suger sacks of .222 brass, piled high when I was a kid, wish I had access to it now.
Sum of Dads, shooters were shooting 2500-3000 deer a season, 3 months, daily tallys, 20-30 plus.
I know when goat culling on one shoot, I carried in 500-550 rounds of .222 and was out by day 4, the others had a .308,.243 and 30-30 and were out by day 2, 200-300.
I know of a Sako vixen .222 that's on its 5th barrel, all shot out,
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
If one pooches their .222 barrel, then a fresh one in the the same chambering be the way to go fer me as far as pest plopping goes.
As fer the 6x45, that be the best use fer the .223 case in my book. I'd use a 1 in 10" twist in the barrel.
As fer the 6x45, that be the best use fer the .223 case in my book. I'd use a 1 in 10" twist in the barrel.
john-brennan
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Vancouver Island B.C.
^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is how I feel? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So my original thoughts are along the lines of the .222 for the fact i have brass and dies.... even then i could acquire brass and dies for most little varminter cals so i put the feelers out..
im 'into' the rifles and cartridges these days , in my own place now and can reload whenever, or enough to last the year or whatever.. so its kind of opened the door for something else with in mind my 11 year old son will start shooting the '222' in maybe 12 months or so (loves .22lr) an fundamentals are key so all good there..
Not super keen to end up with having a Cartridge that is too difficult to find brass for, or form easily in say 10 years time though..
I was leaning toward something like the .204 Ruger (same bolt face i believe unmodified) barrel screwed on, in stainless, thoughts here was to flatten the trajectory somewhat noticably out to 300m maybe even say 400m fast and flat. thus will come noise and 'recoil' but i am the one shooting it 98% of the time anyway.
.223 was a little vanilla, but ive learnt with a 308/30-06 that Vanilla tastes great at the end of the day.... thinking it gives me an extra 100m by just holding on.
.17 Rem isnt out of the question, old school, little projectile very fast.. brasss may be a slight issue these days down under... i have simplex Dies but would source some suitable setups as know few older guys with 17s from fox shooting days of old.
finally, the .20 Practical (.20-223) seems legit...
wont modify the bolt at all , an the logical thing would be to put a 222 barrel on it eh!
im 'into' the rifles and cartridges these days , in my own place now and can reload whenever, or enough to last the year or whatever.. so its kind of opened the door for something else with in mind my 11 year old son will start shooting the '222' in maybe 12 months or so (loves .22lr) an fundamentals are key so all good there..
Not super keen to end up with having a Cartridge that is too difficult to find brass for, or form easily in say 10 years time though..
I was leaning toward something like the .204 Ruger (same bolt face i believe unmodified) barrel screwed on, in stainless, thoughts here was to flatten the trajectory somewhat noticably out to 300m maybe even say 400m fast and flat. thus will come noise and 'recoil' but i am the one shooting it 98% of the time anyway.
.223 was a little vanilla, but ive learnt with a 308/30-06 that Vanilla tastes great at the end of the day.... thinking it gives me an extra 100m by just holding on.
.17 Rem isnt out of the question, old school, little projectile very fast.. brasss may be a slight issue these days down under... i have simplex Dies but would source some suitable setups as know few older guys with 17s from fox shooting days of old.
finally, the .20 Practical (.20-223) seems legit...
wont modify the bolt at all , an the logical thing would be to put a 222 barrel on it eh!
