Originally Posted by AlC
What are the pros and cons and which would you choose?

"It depends."

What barrel length and how heavy? In a light rifle, say 22", LVSF type setup, I'd go with the standard .22-250. In a heavy gun I'd go with either the .22-250 AI or the .220 Swift.

I like the swift a lot, it's my favorite of the bunch, but in a magazine rifle I've had to remember not to fill the mag clear full, instead, leave it one shy of full, otherwise the top cartridge didn't feed right and i'd tie up the action. One time it took me a couple minutes I did it so good and I lost a coyote and a bobcat on the same set. Argh! That's a plus for the AI, you can't get into that situation. Performance wise, both the Swift and AI are near enough that individual barrels can make one or the other fast. Both have a noticeable advantage, at least for me, over the standard .22-250.

Once you decide what cartridge, then y' gotta decide on what bullets, thus twist. Lotta fun.

Tom

Last edited by T_O_M; 07/19/10.
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