A 222 Remington

[Buckmastr]

Not shot it yet .... I just got a scope for it (12x fixed Leupold) and Bonanza BR dies so there was a hold up. Brass just arrived as well.

I have a few suitable bullets here but not a lot. Hard to source more right now. Have a couple #s of IMR4198 to start with the classic powder. H355 after that.

Nice. I’m sure that rifle won’t disappoint. Finding light 22 cal bullets isn’t as easy as it once was. I haven’t seen a nosler 50gr BT for a long time. Hornady you can usually still get at Cabelas.

I’ll have to look for those cheap 55 gr Hornady bullets Hitzy. Thanks for the tip

These little cartridges are a lot of fun.

 

[JIMMY 808]

Could have been a Fireball.

 

[hoytcanon]

Nice. I’m sure that rifle won’t disappoint. Finding light 22 cal bullets isn’t as easy as it once was. I haven’t seen a nosler 50gr BT for a long time. Hornady you can usually still get at Cabelas.

I’ll have to look for those cheap 55 gr Hornady bullets Hitzy. Thanks for the tip

These little cartridges are a lot of fun.

I just dropped a grand on BT's in 6mm, 6.5mm, 7mm, and .30 cal... they were there, at a stupid good price, so I snapped them up.

 

[Johnn Peterson]

Nice. I’m sure that rifle won’t disappoint. Finding light 22 cal bullets isn’t as easy as it once was. I haven’t seen a nosler 50gr BT for a long time. Hornady you can usually still get at Cabelas.

I’ll have to look for those cheap 55 gr Hornady bullets Hitzy. Thanks for the tip

These little cartridges are a lot of fun.

Another 'fun one' for me is an old custom Winchester High Wall I acquired quite a while ago, chambered in 219 Donaldson Wasp. Did some basic load testing and two of the bullets involved were the Hornady 50gr V-MAX and 55gr V-MAX. Pushed with a top end load of IMR 4064, the 50gr 5 shot groups @ 100 yds were one ragged hole.

 

[Brutus]

Varmint rifles are like shotguns. Buy two and mysteriously a third is sure to follow........

 

[The Kurgan]

Very nice! I didn't even know .222 was a real caliber until I mistakenly bought some Hornady Superformance Varmint rounds at my LGS last month, thinking they were .223. They were not. I was considering buying a .222 rifle to shoot the ammo, but I couldn't find any .222 rifles, even at the store that sold me the .222 rounds. I just sold the .222 boxes of ammo last week on the EE.

I have heard the .222 are amazing on the accuracy scale so thanks for confirming that. Sweet looking gun and it looks like amazing work was done to get it to the finished product.

Anschutz still make them, and maybe also CZ... inherently accurate little cartridge.

 

[Buckmastr]

I just dropped a grand on BT's in 6mm, 6.5mm, 7mm, and .30 cal... they were there, at a stupid good price, so I snapped them up.

I think I was behind you by a few days. I ended up with the 270 nosler 140 BT’s. But there were no 22 cal stuff left there.

Found some 55gr Hornady varmint bullets yesterday too $25/100. Inflation!

 

[hoytcanon]

I think I was behind you by a few days. I ended up with the 270 nosler 140 BT’s. But there were no 22 cal stuff left there.

Found some 55gr Hornady varmint bullets yesterday too $25/100. Inflation!

Yup... got lucky @ $25/box... can shoot for awhile with my total stockpile... I hate scrimping at the range.

 

[Slimbo]

Anschutz still make them, and maybe also CZ... inherently accurate little cartridge.

Tikka still makes triple twos. I had a stainless lite I never should have sold.

 

[Hitzy]

I think I was behind you by a few days. I ended up with the 270 nosler 140 BT’s. But there were no 22 cal stuff left there.

Found some 55gr Hornady varmint bullets yesterday too $25/100. Inflation!

Damn I just checked Higginson and Xreload and both out of stock as well on the bulk SP's.

 

[Hitzy]

Tikka still makes triple twos. I had a stainless lite I never should have sold.

Howa makes them too in the mini action as well.

 

[Brutus]

Howa makes them too in the mini action as well.

Looks pretty good too in thier Highlander camo pattern as well. Very nice called-in rifle.

 

[todbartell]

Tikka still makes triple twos. I had a stainless lite I never should have sold.

They used to import them into Canada, but not anymore

 

[Buckmastr]

Jim Carmichel on the 222 Rem

 

[Eagleye]

I have a Remington "Classic" chambered in 222 Remington. Very accurate rifle, and just loves
the 50 V-Max or the 50 Ballistic Tip, chased by 23.5 grains of [now obsolete] Reloder 12
The 52 grain Sierra HPBT prefers IMR 4198 or Reloder 7 All these will shoot 5 into ½ moa
if I do my part. Love the 222!! Dave.

 

[Buckmastr]

I dropped the ball on a minty Remington 700 ADL in 222 Rem last year. Still bothers me as the wood and the condition was outstanding.
I recently came across a well hunted Sako l461 varmint 222 Rem that I’m refinishing. The metal is out being reblued. The stock stripped easy and I refinished it in oil.

 

[remington jim]

That STOCK came out Beautifull ! Nice Job ! RJ

 

[Brutus]

Looks pretty good too in thier Highlander camo pattern as well. Very nice called-in rifle.

Upon some bit of research online sadly it appears this short action rifle sometimes develops feeding issues especially for its larger magazine 222/223.

Can anyone share real experiences here ?

 

[Grey_Wolf]

Not shot it yet .... I just got a scope for it (12x fixed Leupold) and Bonanza BR dies so there was a hold up. Brass just arrived as well.

I have a few suitable bullets here but not a lot. Hard to source more right now. Have a couple #s of IMR4198 to start with the classic powder. H355 after that.

I've had great success with RamShot X-Terminator in the 222

 

[SuperCub]

How is your M700 222 coming along?

Finally had mine out last weekend. After sighting, copper bore cleaning and a few fouling shots, I shot these sets. Early in the load work, but is looking promising.

I'd like to see those couple flyers join the others.