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Just picked up a Remington 722 in .222 Rem Mag., anyone have a pet load? Thank you and Good Shooting.


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335 and a 50gr V-Max would be a good start.



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28 grains H-335, and a V-max 40 grain bullet makes it the killingest 22 caliber out there. It was around and kicking ass way before some idiot AI'ed the 223...


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So Shrap ol Buddy.... you think the 222 Rem Mag is BETTER than your 220 Swift or the plain jane 22.250?

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If someone made me keep only 1 22 centerfire, it would be the 222 mag...


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Travis and Shrapnel,

Thanks for the input, I will try both loads and see which she likes best.


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She will love this one...

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There are lots of good 222 Mag powders out there.

748, 335, 2230, BLC-2 will all give top speeds and accuracy with varmint weight bullets and easy metering.
Older stuff like 3031, 4895 and 4064 has always worked. A 1969 IMR manual shows 27.5 grs of 3031 kicking a 50gr Hornady at 3,570 at 50,000psi. I used the same load and hit 3,500.

I happen to like Benchmark the best with 40 or 50gr. bullets.

26.5-27grs. will clock 3,500 in a 23.5 inch barrel with 50 grainers and I run 29 grs. for 3,900 with the 40's.
If looking for newer data/powders to work with, 5.56 NATO data will get you to about the same pressure as the SAAMI .223 Remington, but you still need to work up.

Its not worth a hoot for varmint splatter, but THE most accurate 100yd. load out of 4 222 Mags I've shot (even a fast twisted one) is 27 grs. Benchmark, 53gr Sierra MatchKing, Herter case and a Fed. 205 GM.

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Originally Posted by shrapnel


She will love this one...

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Shrap,

you provide some of the most entertaining pictures...

That is what makes shooting varmints so much fun....Love blowing up sage rats like that... and I tend to like the performance of the good old 40 grainers for how well they make things like that happen...

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Originally Posted by shrapnel


28 grains H-335, and a V-max 40 grain bullet makes it the killingest 22 caliber out there. It was around and kicking ass way before some idiot AI'ed the 223...



Im wondering how a .222 mag would be AI'ed�.. whistle


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That reminds me, I have an unused 222 Mag reamer here.

Do you have any .223 barrels I can improve?

And please, no gay twist rates.....

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Originally Posted by HawkI


Do you have any .223 barrels I can improve?




Ive already Improved three of mine. cool

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Originally Posted by ingwe
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Do you have any .223 barrels I can improve?




Ive already Improved three of mine. cool

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That's called neutering a 222; but it might be spaying since they were .223's.....

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Reaming it out to a mag is neutering a .222


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No.

It "magnums" the 222.

Got some here to scramble, but the damn things are all 1-14.

But some .223 barrels......

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Was shooting a bit of long range the other day and thought Id try the old Rem 'build' I put together, this one�

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It turned in a 1.25 inch group at 425 yds.( 425 was where my buddy put the backstop�.dont ask, don't tell)

Schitty old 1 in 14 twist�shooting 50 Vmaxes...


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Just got another Remmy 222.

Thing put two weight bullets into the same cluster with a 2x8 Leupy....So I affixed the 10x FX and plan to come close to that...

How the hell was there no wind in Montana? wink

Nice.

That is above "panache"....

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We got up early, before the wind started. grin


Mine ( both) like anything in a 50 grainer, but they LOVE those Vmaxes...


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I see you don't hesitate to scoop up the 300....
Now I see why. Good snag.


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Those were Amaxes. Never tried them�they'll go into a .223AI


They're too good for the antiquated .222Mag.


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