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Re: 223 vs 222 ? tikkanut #15772082 02/10/21
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,900 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
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Re: 223 vs 222 ? tikkanut #15772255 02/10/21
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,730 Long Island, New York EQFD193 Campfire Regular
EQFD193 Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,730 Long Island, New York	Thanks Greg, deflave.... I bought this blank and action thinking .222 but since I already had a "Few" I built a .2ppc in stead. Patron member, NRA, Life Member SCI,

Re: 223 vs 222 ? tikkanut #15772316 02/10/21
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,963 GRIZZ Campfire Tracker
GRIZZ Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,963	Dakota Predator in 222. Coyotes shot no waiting.

Re: 223 vs 222 ? tikkanut #15772476 02/10/21
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 125 PA S styckbow Campfire Member
styckbow Campfire Member S Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 125 PA	Bought my Vixen deuce in 1979 after foolishly selling my 722 deuce. It’s accurate with anything I feed it.

Re: 223 vs 222 ? crittrgittr #15772565 02/11/21
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,695 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana
Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,695 Southern Oregon USA	Originally Posted by crittrgittr Well this is the project right now I took the pic of the rifle with. 59 t bird Those are my favorite T Bird bodies.... 58 thru 60....Uncle had a 58 with the 430 Lincoln Motor.... "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

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Re: 223 vs 222 ? tikkanut #15772567 02/11/21
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,695 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana
Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,695 Southern Oregon USA	I have a bunch of 222s.... but in reality they are really 223s, that are loaded with 222 Load Data.... all bolt actions... "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

Re: 223 vs 222 ? deflave #15772574 02/11/21
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T_Inman Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,193	Originally Posted by deflave I always wanted at least one .222 and I settled on a custom built on a RickyTicky by Dennis Olson. That guy does good work. He is currently lining a .22 Savage Hi-Power barrel for me, with a true .224" 8 twist. Goona be a fun one.

Re: 223 vs 222 ? T_Inman #15772671 02/11/21
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 South Florida deflave Campfire Sage
deflave Campfire Sage Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 South Florida	Originally Posted by T_Inman Originally Posted by deflave I always wanted at least one .222 and I settled on a custom built on a RickyTicky by Dennis Olson. That guy does good work. He is currently lining a .22 Savage Hi-Power barrel for me, with a true .224" 8 twist. Goona be a fun one. That will be very cool. Originally Posted by Geno67 Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Originally Posted by Judman Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. Originally Posted by KSMITH My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house

Re: 223 vs 222 ? tikkanut #15773188 02/11/21
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rainierrifleco Campfire Tracker R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,770 SE Neb	I shoot both. My favorite Rifle is a sako l461 in 222 Shooting 40 gr Vmax I do shoot a lot of 223 I have a ton of diff bullets I stocked up on and they get run through the 223. Scored 10k 40 gr vmaxes several years ago for 7 cents each so they are saved for the 222.

Re: 223 vs 222 ? GRIZZ #15775233 02/11/21
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,730 Long Island, New York EQFD193 Campfire Regular
EQFD193 Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,730 Long Island, New York	Very nice ! uote=GRIZZ]Dakota Predator in 222. [/quote] Patron member, NRA, Life Member SCI,

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Re: 223 vs 222 ? tikkanut #15775240 02/11/21
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,730 Long Island, New York EQFD193 Campfire Regular
EQFD193 Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,730 Long Island, New York	forgot about this one...older 700 Varmint .222 Patron member, NRA, Life Member SCI,

Re: 223 vs 222 ? EQFD193 #15775276 02/11/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,720 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,720 Rural Utah USA	Originally Posted by EQFD193 forgot about this one...older 700 Varmint .222 nice ole school 700........ T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: 223 vs 222 ? tikkanut #15775300 02/11/21
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VarmintGuy Campfire Ranger V Joined: May 2003 Posts: 22,991 SW Montana	Tikkanut: The "triple deuce" was my first love in Varmint Rifles! That Rifle was shared by my older brother and myself and was a long barreled Remington 722 in that wonderful and wonderfully accurate 222 Remington caliber. Sadly over the decades I have let a couple/few Rifles in 222 Remington slip through my fingers but I still have half a dozen on hand. Including a stunningly accurate Remington 40XB-BR, a Sako L46 (heavy barrel), two Remington 700 Classics and an old timey Remington 700 BDL Varmint along with a Remington 722 in "deuce", just for old times sake. The 222 has served me well and wonderfully at times Hunting Varmints and predators all over the west. Can't imagine being without one. But indeed the 223 Remington does perform a skosh better afield and last time I counted I had 13 (thirteen) Varmint Rifles in that caliber and 2 (two) pistols. Today if two comparable Rifles were at a sale and one was in 222 Remington and the other in 223 Remington I would opt for the 222 - again, just for old times sake. Long live the 222 Remington! Hold into the wind VarmintGuy

Re: 223 vs 222 ? tikkanut #15775316 02/11/21
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Godogs57 Campfire Tracker G Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,411 SW Georgia	Culled thousands (legally) of deer and 80% of them were with 222. Love that cute little round. My Sako 222 with Bofors steel barrel, I guess 60's vintage, loves 50 grain bullets and H322 powder. Hates 40 grainers... You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.

Re: 223 vs 222 ? tikkanut #15775571 02/11/21
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,042 arizona krp Campfire Ranger
krp Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,042 arizona	Ok, here's today's stupid question... Can a slow twist barrel, like the 1/14 in my 788, be regroved to a faster twist... same barrel just regroved? Kent

Re: 223 vs 222 ? krp #15775576 02/11/21
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 South Florida deflave Campfire Sage
deflave Campfire Sage Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 South Florida	Originally Posted by krp Ok, here's today's stupid question... Can a slow twist barrel, like the 1/14 in my 788, be regroved to a faster twist... same barrel just regroved? Kent You could sleeve it with a new twist rate. Originally Posted by Geno67 Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Originally Posted by Judman Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. Originally Posted by KSMITH My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house

Re: 223 vs 222 ? krp #15775594 02/11/21
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OP tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,720 Rural Utah USA	Originally Posted by krp Ok, here's today's stupid question... Can a slow twist barrel, like the 1/14 in my 788, be regroved to a faster twist... same barrel just regroved? Kent NO............ don't think so just send it to my friends at Pac Nor......... they'll fix you up with a new SS SM barrel just don't be in a hurry......20 weeks.......... tell 'em tikkanut sent ya........... T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: 223 vs 222 ? deflave #15775596 02/11/21
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,042 arizona krp Campfire Ranger
krp Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,042 arizona	Originally Posted by deflave Originally Posted by krp Ok, here's today's stupid question... Can a slow twist barrel, like the 1/14 in my 788, be regroved to a faster twist... same barrel just regroved? Kent You could sleeve it with a new twist rate. Interesting... probably better to just buy a 223 to shoot heavier bullets. Kent

Re: 223 vs 222 ? tikkanut #15775613 02/11/21
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,042 arizona krp Campfire Ranger
krp Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,042 arizona	Originally Posted by tikkanut Originally Posted by krp Ok, here's today's stupid question... Can a slow twist barrel, like the 1/14 in my 788, be regroved to a faster twist... same barrel just regroved? Kent NO............ don't think so just send it to my friends at Pac Nor......... they'll fix you up with a new SS SM barrel just don't be in a hurry......20 weeks.......... tell 'em tikkanut sent ya........... I have a 700 LA action I'm thinking of 6.5-284 or 6.5-06 and pac nor is on the list. don't really want to mess with the 788 that much. Kent

Re: 223 vs 222 ? krp #15775687 02/11/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,720 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,720 Rural Utah USA	Originally Posted by krp Originally Posted by tikkanut Originally Posted by krp Ok, here's today's stupid question... Can a slow twist barrel, like the 1/14 in my 788, be regroved to a faster twist... same barrel just regroved? Kent NO............ don't think so just send it to my friends at Pac Nor......... they'll fix you up with a new SS SM barrel just don't be in a hurry......20 weeks.......... tell 'em tikkanut sent ya........... I have a 700 LA action I'm thinking of 6.5-284 or 6.5-06 and pac nor is on the list. don't really want to mess with the 788 that much. Kent Do not over look the 6.5x55 no throat chamber from Pac Nor again-----long wait no matter what T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

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