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The old man just got this one in a trade. I am looking forward to working up the loads for him for this one. Dad's Swift: Vitals: .220 Swift Remington 600 action Factory stock Aftermarket trigger set at 1.75 lbs. I am not entirely sure of the make but it is sweet. 24 inch (supposed to be a Douglas) barrel that measures .800 (As close as I can figure about a # 7 or Heavy Varmint contour) at the muzzle. Glass bedded and floated Japan built Bushnell Banner 6-18 scope (Came on the rifle) Weighs 10.28 lbs Doesn't show any signs of being shot a whole lot. I figure this is a late 70's build:
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Love my Swift. With 55gr Hornady SPs it's tough on our southern whitetails. I know my 22-250 is more practical when it comes to a hot 22cal, but the Swift seems to be the one I always grab out of the safe.
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Have two Swifts. Both great shooters. Had I known 40 years years ago I could put a Swift on a 700 action, I would have been shooting them over the .22/250!
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Have two Swifts. Both great shooters. Had I known 40 years years ago I could put a Swift on a 700 action, I would have been shooting them over the .22/250! This is something I have never heard before. Was the prevailing wisdom at the time that the Swift would not feed properly in the 700 or were there additional/other reasons?
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Love my Swift. With 55gr Hornady SPs it's tough on our southern whitetails. I know my 22-250 is more practical when it comes to a hot 22cal, but the Swift seems to be the one I always grab out of the safe. The 55 grain Hornady is one of the first bullets I want to try in this Swift.
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Crow killing sum beach there.
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Crow killing sum beach there. I used to shoot 53 grain Hornady Match HP's in mine. They would cause beak, claw and wing to go in seperate directions when you hit a crow flush.
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Crow killing sum beach there. I used to shoot 53 grain Hornady Match HP's in mine. They would cause beak, claw and wing to go in seperate directions when you hit a crow flush. A bang poof. You gotta love it.
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Crow killing sum beach there. I used to shoot 53 grain Hornady Match HP's in mine. They would cause beak, claw and wing to go in seperate directions when you hit a crow flush. A bang poof. You gotta love it. Try it on a Canadian Goose, seems like it's snowing for 5 minutes afterwards.
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I saw two different fat, sassy gobblers this morning (250 yards or so across a pasture) that would have been just perfect test fodder for the Swift if only the Luddites with the NCWRC would let us use rifles for turkey hunting.
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Has anybody ever tried the Hotnady 55 grain V-Max factory load in their Swift?
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Has anybody ever tried the Hotnady 55 grain V-Max factory load in their Swift? Back when Hornady first introduced Swift loads (somewhere in the 90's?) I used a bunch of their 55 grain factory ammo with the spire point, not v-max. My rifle loved them. Now I use 55 grain v-max's in both Swifts if memory serves correctly, but in handloads. Back then I tried some of the 40 grain factory fodder that someone was producing, but the rifle didn't really care for it.
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Has anybody ever tried the Hotnady 55 grain V-Max factory load in their Swift? Back when Hornady first introduced Swift loads (somewhere in the 90's?) I used a bunch of their 55 grain factory ammo with the spire point, not v-max. My rifle loved them. Now I use 55 grain v-max's in both Swifts if memory serves correctly, but in handloads. Back then I tried some of the 40 grain factory fodder that someone was producing, but the rifle didn't really care for it. What powder are you running with the 55"s?
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IMR 4064 isn't a bad place to start with the Swift.
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IMR 4064 isn't a bad place to start with the Swift. Nailed it.
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Thanks for the info on 4064.
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Both of mine like IMR4064, but one rifle likes W760 for a particular bullet weight. Can't remember the details off the top of my head.
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Did you ever run any 4350 or RL 15 in the Swift?
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hill, I don't know why I thought that, but we never saw a swift on the 700 until Rem. produced some.. Had one of those, and shot it out, then made a couple with custom barrels.
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hill, I have shot 4350, 4064, 3031, Re 15 and H4895.. All worked well, but I use the latter, because I have a lot of it.. Speeds and accuracy are right up there.. Now I mostly shoot 50 Vmax or Blitzking..
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