220 Swift

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Any one care to share their load data for 220 Swift? I just aquired a remington 700 in 220 swift and just want to know what others are running their rifles at in terms of FPS.
I have .224 55grn projectiles but they are cheep fmj. Would they be ok or should I go with a different bullet?
Thanks for your help
 
Hard to go wrong with RL-15 or H-4895 and most swifts seem to shoot th 50 grain bullets just a little better than the 55's. I am getting just under 4000 fps using RL-15 and nosler 50 grain BT's and that is my most accurate load after trying lots of different combinations. Three shots from a cold barrel shoot under .250 and that is using a fed. 210 match primer. five shot groups run around .5. this loads even beats the 50 bergers. from a remington home made VSSF, old Reminton 700 varmint with a new 26 inch stainless fluted Reminton barrel barrel and a hs precision stock with the aluminum bedding block .
 
i used to shoot 40g of 4064 out of my old remington 700 fluted stainless this load was one raged hole with the 50 nosler ballistic tips tell i burned the barrel out lol...
 
I am shooting 55 grain Hornady sp, w-w brass, 210 fed primers, and imr4350 for a velocity of 3730 fps. I could go faster but it gives me great accuracy at that speed so I didn't go any higher. It's an old pre 64 model 70 that I shoot. The 55's seemed to shoot better in my gun than the 50's. My accuracy runs from .25" to .70" which is good enough for me.
 
bulldog284 said:
i used to shoot 40g of 4064 out of my old remington 700 fluted stainless this load was one raged hole with the 50 nosler ballistic tips tell i burned the barrel out lol...
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Bulldog284 has the load! this is the exact load and bullet combo that i used in my swift. H 380 powder is also a good choice
 
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