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The Swift AI is a real monster, strong case to AI also pushing heavies.

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Originally Posted by Swifty52
Originally Posted by keith
Swift is rough on barrels.

AA2700 has one of the lowest heat index's of any powder that will work well in the Swift.

I shot 44.5g of AA2700, Rem 9 1/2, 50g bullets at 4000 fps into tiny bug holes with Standard Deviation less than 10 fps!
You will see an improvement in barrel life using this AA2700. 2700 goes through a powder measure like water, as the flakes are tiny balls.

Many, many people are using AA2700 in the Swift as it works great from 50-55g bullets, fast and long barrel life.


Agree, 44 grains AA 2700 52 Sierra 5 shots

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I've have been told that AA 2700 is the same powder as H 414 & Win 760....

can anyone confirm or deny that?

don't own a Swift, but thinking 22.250 here...


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I do not believe they are the same. Similar, but different countries of origin if I'm not mistaken.

I'm putting a lot of faith in you guys telling us AA2700 is the nuts...I've got an 8-pounder arriving here at work today!


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I'm mistaken. AA2700 is made in the USA according to the Accurate Arms website. Still ain't the same as 760/414, though.


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Don’t know if they are the same. Never could get 2700 to work in my 22.250 for some odd reason it just didn’t perform or group as well as H380, 4895 or some others that are faster.



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2700 is a tad faster than 760, I use a fed 210 in the ai version.

I have shot many kegs of it:

6/250
6/250 Ai
243 Ai

220 Swift-50 & 55g

6 XC and 6x47 slow twist, medium weight bullets are next

About 1700-1800 rounds with .100 leade growth, then a barrel set back

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I shot some 53-grain Varmageddon / AA 2700 loads this morning. Based on what we're told here, I started out at 42.5 and had to stop at 43.25 grains where I saw some awesome accuracy potential but also signs of overpressure starting at 43.0 grains. I did not shoot anything beyond 43.25 grains (which gave me the best group of the day). Gonna try again ASAP, starting way back at 41.0 and going to 42.2 grains, 0.3 grains at a time. I was getting well over 3900 fps at 42.5 grains and see no real advantage to going beyond 43.0 grains unless that's where accuracy lives.

One thing I noticed was that barrel definitely did not heat up as quickly (I was shoot in 85-degree weather). Accuracy was not bad, just saw nothing really outstanding. I'll keep on playing with it.





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Be hard not to try a 55 grain Gameking BTSP for accuracy.


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Originally Posted by 10gaugemag
Be hard not to try a 55 grain Gameking BTSP for accuracy.


50 or 55 BT, BK or any boat tail, and yes the top is where the accuracy lives. I am guessing the pressure problem is due to the flat base
was told by Sierra that the 53 match flat base has more bearing surface than the 52 SMK which was causing a 100 + FPS drop in velocity for the same load. This may also explain the pressure at a full grain under book max.



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I tried Varget and then stopped experimenting.


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Damn I got 12 pounds of Vargay left and I still don’t know why I bought the 2nd 8 pounds other than it was there. It doesn’t excel or shine in anything. In the Swift it was a pooch. I can pop a 50-52 out of a 223 using 12 grains less powder and get damn near the same velocity as a Swift using a max charge of Vargay.



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It's pretty good in .35 Whelen, Swifty. I have yet to try it in anything else.


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Originally Posted by Swifty52
Damn I got 12 pounds of Vargay left and I still don’t know why I bought the 2nd 8 pounds other than it was there. It doesn’t excel or shine in anything. In the Swift it was a pooch. I can pop a 50-52 out of a 223 using 12 grains less powder and get damn near the same velocity as a Swift using a max charge of Vargay.


Never heard of Vargay grin ,When most put that in I thought it was 6,and 6.5 Gaymoor laugh

Varget never worked for me either in a swift.....but in a 223 with 65-70 grain bullets I have never found anything better

For a swift H414/W760 is the Chit

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Originally Posted by boatanchor
Originally Posted by Swifty52
Damn I got 12 pounds of Vargay left and I still don’t know why I bought the 2nd 8 pounds other than it was there. It doesn’t excel or shine in anything. In the Swift it was a pooch. I can pop a 50-52 out of a 223 using 12 grains less powder and get damn near the same velocity as a Swift using a max charge of Vargay.


Never heard of Vargay grin ,When most put that in I thought it was 6,and 6.5 Gaymoor laugh

Varget never worked for me either in a swift.....but in a 223 with 65-70 grain bullets I have never found anything better

For a swift H414/W760 is the Chit




414/760 same powder, 2700 is pretty close some say one is faster, some say slower. 2700 was just there, plus it was recommended as not as hard on barrels. True so far. My 2nd barrel so far has bore that out. 😄
I still shoot a fair amount of 4895 and 380 but not like I used to in the Swift. H380 is kinda rough on bores.

Now for Vargay. It works for just about anything which makes it gay just like the 270. My experience says that while it does work it just doesn’t excel or shine brighter over other powders.
25.06 110-120 bullets it was a total pooch compared to 4831SC, MRP and RL22 by about 200 FPS. Not bad ES/SD but good lord 2750-2800? Damn that’s a dog, and confirmed out of 2 rifles.
243 70-105 again a pooch. Again low ES/SD but nothing that another powder couldn’t do and with more velocity.
220 Swift turns it into a mediocre 22.250.
22.250 is turned into a 223
223 it kinda works but so does H335, H380 and a few others but Benchmark sent those dogs to the bench too.



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Originally Posted by RiverRider
I shot some 53-grain Varmageddon / AA 2700 loads this morning. Based on what we're told here, I started out at 42.5 and had to stop at 43.25 grains where I saw some awesome accuracy potential but also signs of overpressure starting at 43.0 grains. I did not shoot anything beyond 43.25 grains (which gave me the best group of the day). Gonna try again ASAP, starting way back at 41.0 and going to 42.2 grains, 0.3 grains at a time. I was getting well over 3900 fps at 42.5 grains and see no real advantage to going beyond 43.0 grains unless that's where accuracy lives.

One thing I noticed was that barrel definitely did not heat up as quickly (I was shoot in 85-degree weather). Accuracy was not bad, just saw nothing really outstanding. I'll keep on playing with it.






Shot today.

Odd deal...the 41.0 grain load shot the first four into 0.16 inch (I'm shy one piece of brass), then the second group of five shot into 0.88 inch but with four of them going into 0.37 inch. Extreme velocity spread with that one was 172 fps (NOT a typo!). Velocity average was a touch over 3800 fps which is not bad at all, but I will not tolerate such an extreme spread. I might try that charge with a different primer, but I saw a lot of potential with the 41.9 grain charge of 2700. Five shot groups measured 0.54 and 0.58 inch...the dispersion was mostly horizontal, which I believe to be my fault. both groups superimposed would span about 0.60" except for one shot I pulled horizontally just a hair which would make the superimposed groups span about 0.75 inch, all shots included. Average velocity was 3881 fps. All this was done with Federal 210s and I plan to shoot that same load with Rem 9.5, Rem 9.5M, and Win WLRMs. Never know til you try.

The 41.0 grain charge is intriguing. I really wonder if another primer would settle it down. I guess I have to try that with the other primers, too. I'm not concerned with the 81 fps difference, just the extreme spread.


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Hey guys, went out and shot a 22.250 and 243 today with Vargay. Max charge with 53 Varmageddon 22.250 barely 3500 fps. 243 max charge 70 grain SMK 3150. WTF. Almost out of that lot 8 pounder, if the next one is just as bad then it’s fertilizer.



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Got a new to me M77 Sporter barreled Swift on the way and I'll be working up some of these loads!

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JB had an article in Handloader 263 on the Swift and talked about Hunter powder. I tried it and it does work great. I don't have much imagination grin, so I just used the load he used in the article, 44grs of Hunter with a 52 gr Sierra HPBT. It groups 5 into 3/4" or less in my Ruger 77V. Try it you'll like it.

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Many years ago, per some gun writer, the gold standard load in the Swift and 55 gr bullets was 38.5 gr of IMR 4064. I worked my way up to that and found he was correct. That’s my load to this day, over 35 years. If I was going to try something else, I’d give R15 and H4831sc a try. But...it ain’t broke...

On my second barrel. Same load.

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