.22 Savage High-Power (5.6x52mmR) love?

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Hey CGN,

Any love out there for the .22 Savage High-Power? I am inheriting a gun in that caliber and just wondering what the general thoughts are on it. I know the "popular" savage 99 came in it but also know that due to the guns design...epically the take down model that people wrongly think the caliber is in accurate. I also read that when it first came out...people used it as a big/dangerous game caliber and went after Tigers with it...scary!!!

I think its placed in between .223Rem and .243Win "power" wise. In this correct? I know its an older, obsolete caliber but I do enjoy shooting the less common stuff time to time.

Thanks,

- J
 
Seiller + Bellot make ammo and trade ex carries it........I have a black+white photo of a earlier gold rush settler lady near Barkersville BC with two large grizzly hides hanging from the clothes line she shot on their claim with her Savage .22 HP...............Harold
 
tiger killed with a .22 Savage HP...

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I plan to reload...and should as I shoot "expensive" calibers... .45ACP, .308Win, .410, 7.5x55 Swiss and now the Savage HP. I just need to get the equipment and start reading lots. Its a scary thing to start for someone who has never done it before lol
 
Well Clay at Prophet River has the absolute best deal I have ever seen on a full reloading kit - RCBS Rockchucker Supreme kit for $300 plus a $50 rebate. Almost makes me wish I wasn't fully set up already!
 
Thanks 1899! I didn't know that. I've been putting off getting started on reloading for way too long. I have nothing to add about the .22HP except a question: Can i use it to shoot into space? Thanks guys. :)
 
jeffcarr88 said:
Hey CGN,

Any love out there for the .22 Savage High-Power? I am inheriting a gun in that caliber and just wondering what the general thoughts are on it. I know the "popular" savage 99 came in it but also know that due to the guns design...epically the take down model that people wrongly think the caliber is in accurate. I also read that when it first came out...people used it as a big/dangerous game caliber and went after Tigers with it...scary!!!

I think its placed in between .223Rem and .243Win "power" wise. In this correct? I know its an older, obsolete caliber but I do enjoy shooting the less common stuff time to time.

Thanks,

- J
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The .22 Savage High Power with a 70 gr bullet has 1225 ft lb of energy at the muzzle. The .223 Remington with a 69 gr bullet has 1380 ft lbs of energy at the muzzle. The .243 Winchester with a 70 gr bullet has 1795 ft lbs.

So - the .22 HP is slightly less powerful than the .223 but way less powerful than the .243.

The .22 HP is a great groundhog gun and would do a coyote quite well but I wouldn't use it on a deer or anything bigger.

I've owned 2 Savage 99 Takedowns in .22 HP and they were great "varmint" guns and quite accurate for a light, short barreled, open sighted rifle.
 
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