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Dave, I really love that gun. I'll trade you a Remington Classic 222 & a box of feathers to stick in & tickle your azz for you. Beautiful firearm & a deal. Jim D
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Thanks.
I may need one more... grin.
Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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dad had an old savage 340 in 222 that was a tack driver wish he didn't lose it There is a Savage 340 in .222 in my local gun/pawn shop. They put it out this past Thursday. Don't recall what the price was but i remember thinking that it was very reasonable. Looked like it hadn't been used much. Ed
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I think most of them perform well.
If you go after it, make sure there is a magazine or a discount on the rifle.
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Gonesouth: I am a BIG fan of the 222 Remington cartridge. Currently I am down to just six Rifles in that caliber. The 222 Remington is a splendid and efficient cartridge. Why, on earth, the cretins at Remington quit offering this caliber in their Rifles is beyond me - and I cannot find any foregiveness for them in that regard. I bought my first Rifle in 222 caliber back in 1966 (a Remington 722) and I was immediately impressed with the accuracy I could obtain with that "basic" Rifle. A little later I bought a new Remington 700 Varmint Special in 222 and I REALLY became impressed with the accuracy of that cartridge. My favorite Rifle in 222 though is a Remington 40XB-BR with a 24 power Leupold scope on it. This is a single shot with a 2 ounce trigger and whenever I want to impress myself I get this Rifle on over to my local range on a calm day. Some years ago I bought a Remington 700 Classic in 222 (like yours) and set it up as a "walking Varminter". I was SO impressed with the accuracy of that thin barreled Remington Rifle that a year later I bought another one, mostly to try and turn a profit. Curiosity soon got hold of me and I scoped that next 222 Rifle up and shot it, mostly for curiosity/comparison. It shot every bit as good as my first Classic in 222 - so its still with me. I have never owned (or shot) a Rifle in caliber 222 Remington that I considered to be less than impressively accurate. I hope your 222 Classic shoots as well as mine do! Good luck. Thanks for your Holiday wishes by the way. Same to you. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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I wonder if 10 would be a little slow.
Maybe not, but I am compressing RL7 in a 221 fireball with a 40 grain bullet. I bought my 222, a Rhiihimaki, for hen just about every kind of powder was hard to find. I was able to grab a couple pounds of RL10x at the time and so far with both 50 & 40 gr V-Maxes it has been well under MOA. Pretty easy on fur, too.
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Anybody can buy a Kimber, that custom .222 is super cool.. Agreed....I'm just jealous because I thought I had the coolest non factory 222 on the board until Clark showed up with that beauty... I don't think your's could've turned out any better. That stock is pretty dang nice for what it is/where it is from. And all this talk of a 222 has me thinking I "need" one. Dang it Charlie!
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VarmintGuy, dang, there must not be a limit on them. Guess I'd best get looking for more. I'm impressed with mine now. 52 grain Berger + X-terminator = 1 hole! I want a heavy barrel 222 now. Thanks everyone for all the feedback. I love my 220 Swifts but dam if this ain't fun. Jim D
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Started life as a Rem. Model 7 .222 (they only made them for a couple years when the Mod 7 first came out) with a pretty thin barrel. After one heavy use on the PD towns of S. Dakota I had the action trued and a heavier stainless barrel installed by Hart. Installed a Timney trigger myself. Heck of a good shooter, helped reduced the dogs around Murdo. .
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Back in the 90's, Remington chambered their Model 700 VLS in the triple deuce. I bought one. Heavy contour 26" barrel. I've only shot factory ammo through it, but it is still easily the most accurate center fire rifle that I have. It's also a pleasure to shoot.
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I wonder if 10 would be a little slow.
Maybe not, but I am compressing RL7 in a 221 fireball with a 40 grain bullet. I bought my 222, a Rhiihimaki, for hen just about every kind of powder was hard to find. I was able to grab a couple pounds of RL10x at the time and so far with both 50 & 40 gr V-Maxes it has been well under MOA. Pretty easy on fur, too. Those bone stock Rhiihimaki's are cool. Nice rifle. Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Gonesouth: I have not tried that X-Termintor powder as yet but those 52 grain Bergers have been SO accurate in so many Rifles for me that I must classify them as "inherently accurate" bullets! They remind me of the WONDERFUL old Remington 52 grain "Bench Rest" bullets of long ago - I simply never found a Rifle that did not shoot them REALLY well! The old Remington 52's were not as lethal (explosive) on Varmints as the Berger 52's but I still killed a lot of Rock Chucks with them (head shots). That is one thing about the Berger 52's they are a little hard to find at times. Long live the 222! Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Does anyone know what twist rate the Ruger hawk eyes in 222 came with. Couldn't find a .22 Hawkeye on their website...enlighten me! Id love to get my mitts on one! What about a Mark II?? http://www.gunbroker.com/item/610086003
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Never seen one of those before!
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Fat fingers...missed the extra '2'....
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Oh yea......I have 2 461 Sakos, one in 222 the other in 20 tac..
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I'm in for fun - 1986 700 24" w/sights 222 Rem and to add to the fun - 1969 700 24" w/sights 222 Rem Mag.
Ken
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I have a 600 that is my daily calling rifle. I mostly use BM and TAC. 50 grain Blitzkings are my go-to bullet for coyotes. It is a 14 twist I think so I am limited somewhat on modern bullets. 40 and 50 plastic tips all shoot good-kill good.
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The most accurate factory rifle I ever owned was a Rem 788 in .222. It was about as pretty as a pipe strapped to a fence post, but it could put 5 shots in one ragged hole at 100 yds. And that was with a trigger that felt more like exercise equipment. Dang I miss that one.
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