Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles 222 Brass, what’s the better brand in you’re opinion?

For those of you in the States who want to try it.

https://www.starlinebrass.com/222-Remington/

I've used everything from military surplus to every source of domestic brass out there. There weren't any really clear winners as long as it was used to feed AR's. Since sending the last AR down the road but continuing to feed a sweetheart of an accurate Browning Low Wall .223 single shot, Lapua and Federal match brass are my strict go-to's. Combined with Berger bullets it's a combo that makes me blush to describe its day in-day out accuracy. I hoovered up every piece of Lapua .223 brass I could find last year to guarantee continuing success.

I think you missed the title of this thread "222" not "223"

There are some that might like to try it, but it's on backorder just like every time I have been on their website

Keep watching I bought a hundred rounds of Starline last summer. It seems to be nice brass. I've also made 222 from 223.

Maybe look around at Midway or Midsouth SS.

Now we are sucking nut sack over .06 in length when parent case is 222



Yep easily done

That's hilarious when you try and analyze a topic, you make sure that you are the anal in analyze.........

well done !!!!!!!

I’ve used lapua,nosler,R-P,norma and WW in my 22’s. I don’t load them hot and none of my 222’s are accurate enough for me to tell if one brand is performing more accurately than the others. I’d use whatever you can get these day! Lapua is my favorite brass though overall.

I use Lapua and Winchester in my 222. Older Winchester was pretty good. Winchester made after 2007-2008 is a crap shoot.

You're right. Mea culpa. I read .223 where it said .222.

Sorry to hijack the thread, but if availability wasn’t an issue which powder would your preference be in 222?

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I use CFEBLK in mine because it's extremely economical, and velocity is decent with moderate pressure. I'm shooting an old 840, which is an open top action with one lug, so I like keeping the loads mild.

Barring that, most 222s respond very well to 4198.

OK, Ive been wondering about CFE BLK lately but cant find any data for it in the .222

What is your load? And with what grain bullets?

And do you know what velocities you are getting?

Hodgdon website has data for it.

My rifle has a 1:16 twist barrel, so I'm fairly limited for bullet choices. I'm using the 30 grain Barnes Varmint Grenades over a fairly mild load (20.2gr). They chrono around 3430 10' from the muzzle. The accuracy is decent, but that bullet is about as aerodynamic as a brick, so they drop pretty quickly past 150 yards.

Gotcha...I was looking for data with the 55 grain bullet and their website doesnt list it for bullets that heavy.

Poobs, Hodgdon's website now has data for CFE BLK for up to 50 gr bullets. Not sure how long it has been there.

Yeah I saw that, but check my previous post, I was hoping to find data for 55 grainers . No joy.

Oops, sorry, didn't read the whole thread.