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223 Sako vixen runs Benchmark and 50 grainers OK
222 Rem 700 that ain't picky at all shoots everything really well P dogs fear it....

Ahh!

A 788 in triple deuce. Maybe the pinnacle of gettin er done in the 60's.

Probably would cover most all our needs today, but we just want so much more. And that's OK too.

I have owned several 223's, nice round and nothing wrong with it. Always liked tye cheap ammo. I would choose the 222 just because I like it and I am set up good for the 222. The short barrel on the. Model 600 is a little loud but it shoots good.

I’m an over achiever, 222mag here. Use the 223 a good bit too in an AR for a behind the seat of the pickup rifle.

Probably my most used bullet is the 55gr Hornady SP but I have and use a bunch of different brands from 40-77gr. It’s an ever evolving experiment with lots of pork test subjects.

For powder I use CFE223, Lever, 335, 748, I’m not picky though I like ball powders for going through the measure.

One .222, a 788, purchased in 1967 the week they hit the market, one of 4 the lgs got....2 in .22-250 and 2 in .222. By the time I got there 10:00 Saturday morning the .22-250's were gone. It was my first "real varmint rifle." Still have it, but don't use it much anymore. Now it wears a 3 - 10 Nikon Monarch that came with a Ruger #1 .308 I bought. (I replaced that scope with a 1.5-5 Leupie that is a much better fit for the rifle and purpose.) That 788 served me well in my younger years just before and after my military service. I killed a lot of woodchucks and crows with it and some deer.

4 .223's one a Remington 700 XCR/CTR that sees more use as a deer rifle than anything. The others are AR's, two of which are actually 5.56's and one of which is a .223, a Les Baer Super Varmint.

OK...

here's the real answer

anyone that has spent years in the p/dog fields......

My current Savage/Pac-Nor 20-222........9 twist/3groove

Savage Target action....18# as shown......no recoil/no loss of sight picture

40 gr V max @ 3775......turns dogs inside out at 600 yds with 23/H322

I've named 'er the 'Laser'

You have to understand the quick twist theory...like a rotating hand pump top from years ago

222 Mag..........

makes my nipple hard.......

but I have a 223 AI........cousins.......

sort of.......pic 223 AI....targets start at 480 yds

I used to have a Rem 788 and loaded Sierra 50gr blitz and Hornady 50gr SX and slam jack rabbits.
My 223/5.56's won't shoot them, they blow up on the way to the target most times, unless yer rifle has a slow twist.
Most 1-9's are even to fast unless the barrel is smoother than a babies azz.

.223 Waffle Improved

Dies for the 20-222 ?

Redding bushing neck & FL.......227" bushing

Forster BR seater in 222 Rem

GTG

go kill schidt

The Deuce Mag gets it done.
Wish it was a 7 or 8 twist instead of a 9 but I make due.

Good to see the Model 788 triple-deuces still getting it done. I have one also. Wears a Leupold 16X. It likes 50 grain ballistic tips.

Interesting and sounds like a great collectible. I had no idea that any AR manufacturers much less Colt ever made an AR chambered in .222

They aren't worth as much as I thought...
https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/73/3668/colt-ar-15a2rifle-rifle-222-rem

My first centrefire was a .222 in a Winchester model 70, one of the most accurate rifles I've owned. Wish I'd kept it.

I always wanted at least one .222 and I settled on a custom built on a RickyTicky by Dennis Olson.

I believe it's a #2 Douglas finished @ 19".

It shoots as good as it looks:

Travis....................

you have nice wood.................

True story.

I am another member of the over-achievers club with a Remington 722 in 222 mag. With 50 gr v-max it will shoot ragged one hole groups if I can do my part. Love that old rifle!!

3 Sako's in .222 and a Remington 722 .222


A Dakota and Savage tactical in .223 A Sako .222mag and last in .222


All shoot 40 or 50 grainesr very well except the fast twist Savage shoots a 68gr
.222 seems to be my go to caliber inside of 300...just fun to shoot and they are easy to work up accurate loads for IMO.