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Finally going to scratch the long time itch for a swift. Looking for recommendations for barrel length and twist. I am thinking 55gr bullets.I will be loading of course what say you swift guys?
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I personally would use the longest barrel I can get, availability is mostly 26. the higher velocities of the Swift say you don't need a lot of twist unless using heavy bullets.
I would use a 12.
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Pashooter: I have been a long time fan of the 220 Swift. I have owned many of them in the past. Next Tuesday i will be picking up my eighth Varminter in 220 Swift that I currently own and shoot. It has a 26" barrel. I prefer longer barrels in the 220 Swift for efficiency and stability of aiming in the field. My longest heavy barreled Swift has a stainless 27 1/4" barrel. I love that Rifle and baby it to the extreme as it is superbly accurate! All my Swifts use either 55 grain bullets or 52 grain bullets. I have yet to find something I want done with my Swifts that can't be done with these bullets. Go long! Best of luck with your 220 Swift project. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Thanks guys. I pretty much was thinking along the same lines, but it never hurts to ask those who have been there. 26" and one in twelve it shall be.
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I went looking for a 220 many years ago. I finally found one, a Ruger 77V, that the barrel was cut to 20 inches. I liked the idea of a short heavy barrel, so I bought it. Still have the rifle and am on the second barrel. Much handier than a 26 inch barrel, though I did give up some MV.
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My 8 twist 24" swift shoots as small groups with 55gr. bullets as it does with 80gr bullets.
If building I see no reason to handicap yourself with slow twist?
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Stay away from the fast twist stuff. If you are varminting, that is what the round was developed for and have fun with it. I would suggest that you look at the Vmax 50 grain bullet. It too will shoot very well and out of a 26 inch barrel, it will be a Laser.
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Stay away from the fast twist stuff. If you are varminting, that is what the round was developed for and have fun with it. I would suggest that you look at the Vmax 50 grain bullet. It too will shoot very well and out of a 26 inch barrel, it will be a Laser. I don't own a Swift but if I were to get one I'd do exactly this^^^^^^^ Long Barrel.....12/14 twist....50/52gr bullets....
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Why limit yourself with a slow twist if building? My 1 in 8 22-250 AI shoots 50s as well as 80s.
Barrel length would depend on what I wanted to use it for. I'd probably go 24 if 26 if I didn't want to lug it around much or shoot out the window a lot
My swift is a 24" standard contour Ruger 77 with a 1 in 14 twist. When that barrel gives out, contour and length will be duplicated but it will sport a 8 twist
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My first Swift was a rebarreled Mauser with a pencil thin 22" barrel. It was accurate for about 5-6 shots, then it started opening up. My current Swift, which I've had for close to 25 years, is an old tang safety 77V with a 26 inch barrel. It went back to Ruger when I first bought it for a new barrel as the old one was toast.
Were I to rebarrel it or build another Swift it would be a 26 inch, varmint weight barrel with either a 1-8 or 1-10 twist.
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Looks like the slow twist guys outnumber the fast twist fans.
One disadvantage to the fast twist after many rounds and the throat begins to erode the thin jacket 50-52 gr. bullets may vaporize?
Cant think of any other downside to fast twist?
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I would go with a 12T as my last 24" 14T barrel would not stabilze a 50G bullet. Stay with the lighter bullets if you want to shoot heavy ones thats a good reason to build a 6mm .
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I had a 1-8 on a .22-250 ai.. It shot best with 55 gr. Sierra HPBTs.. I shot some 75 gr. Horn. about every 3 or 4 shot, the bullet would vaporize before it hit the target..
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The slowest twist I would go is 1-8 in a Swift. I have two Swifts with that twist and they shoot light bullets as accurately as the heavies.
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Never re-barreled a Swift but my 22-250 is an 8" and there is no looking back for me.
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I built a custom 220s about 12 ears ago
Rem 700 blue printed action, stainless Lilja 24" number 3 contour, stainless I can not remember the twist but I followed Lilja chart for 50 grain bullets McMillan Sako hunter stock (now called McMillan Hunter) My stock is Black/Black/Gray swirl. And I had installed a PTG firing pin assembly and bolt knob, both blue I use it on coyotes and load 39.5 grains IMR 4064 and 50 grain ballistic tips or 52 grain Bergers
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I built a custom 220s about 12 ears ago
Rem 700 blue printed action, stainless Lilja 24" number 3 contour, stainless I can not remember the twist but I followed Lilja chart for 50 grain bullets McMillan Sako hunter stock (now called McMillan Hunter) My stock is Black/Black/Gray swirl. And I had installed a PTG firing pin assembly and bolt knob, both blue I use it on coyotes and load 39.5 grains IMR 4064 and 50 grain ballistic tips or 52 grain Bergers Correction, my barrel is 26"
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26 inches and a twist rate of 12 or faster. With bullets like the hornady 53 grain v max and 40 grain lead free that both require a 12 twist or faster to stabilize I would find it foolish to start with a 14 twist.
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