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I travel a pretty wide circle if you need any components. I'll definitely hit you up on some brass, I have some around here, I bought 270 brass on Ebay Years and got 220 instead.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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Varmint? Tang safety? VT? Two stage trigger? Wood? Laminate?
Details, man, details. Yes. It's been 6 months since I've seen it I'll ask Harold tomorrow. I remember the blueing was nice as well as the wood, looked pretty much new.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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I have that same in 22-250
Maybe only 3 boxes through it since I bought it in 1991 Same and about the same year I bought mine. My favorite gun, by far.
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
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I thought V by default meant bull barrel.
Mine is 26” heavy wall
Blue and walnut
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I thought V by default meant bull barrel.
Mine is 26” heavy wall
Blue and walnut It do.
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I think Ol Rodg would know if it would work on a nilgai . Let er chew buddy and post pics. I’m sure it’ll piss off the field and stream crew off!! Haha
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I had a heavy barrel Swift when Ruger first made them as a limited run. About 1976 I'd say. Great rifle.
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The right bullet will get you there. Might have to go a little shorter but speed out of that cartridge should add a bit more stability maybe a shorter Barnes ? Be a fun experiment on tough game.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Not my first choice even for mule deer. But I know of a few elk killed with a 22 250 and with a Swift.
I doubt that Nilgai is any tougher than an elk. Punch a hole through the heart or the brain, it will die.
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The right bullet will get you there. Might have to go a little shorter but speed out of that cartridge should add a bit more stability maybe a shorter Barnes ? Be a fun experiment on tough game. 70 grain Speer.
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Not in a 14 inch twist.
Some of the 60s will work, and the 63 gr Sierra SMP.
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I was thinking Speer designed that to work in a 14 twist.
Pard used em in a 14 twist 222 anyway.
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I used to have one with the heavy barrel and I topped it with a 6x24 Bausch & Lomb. It was my prairie dog gun and I tipped over some coyotes at long range too. In a fit of extreme stupidity I traded it for a 243.
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Bought my 1 st one used in 1975 77v 220 Swift by 1982 the barrel throat was getting rough. Later I traded it on a colt ar figured I'd keep my eye out and another in better shape would show up, still have that one. Never used the swift on deer or antelope but others have. Mb
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
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I used to have one with the heavy barrel and I topped it with a 6x24 Bausch & Lomb. It was my prairie dog gun and I tipped over some coyotes at long range too. In a fit of extreme stupidity I traded it for a 243. A 55 Ballistic Tip in the 243 is just more of the same.
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I was thinking Speer designed that to work in a 14 twist.
Pard used em in a 14 twist 222 anyway. I will check my Speer manuals when I get home. My experience comes from 60 gr Hornady and 63 gr Sierra would stabilize in my rifle while the slightly longer 60 gr Nosler ballistic tip would not.
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Not in a 14 inch twist.
Some of the 60s will work, and the 63 gr Sierra SMP. Speer did design the 70 grain to be used in 14 twist Speer #13 says the test rifle was 16 twist, online doesn’t list twist rate.
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Not in a 14 inch twist.
Some of the 60s will work, and the 63 gr Sierra SMP. I've got a couple of bags of Nosler 64 gr bonded flat based bullets I picked up when I was out in Bend. They are pretty short.
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I just looked in Speer #15 in loading notes for 220 Swift.
Speer specifically recommends 1 in 10 inch twist for the 70 gr SMP. Muzzle velocities range to over 3400 fps with slow powders. Speer states that 14 inch twist will stabilize their 55 gr bullets.
In regards to the 22-250, Speer makes the same cautionary statement that :"As a general rule" a 10 inch twist is required to stabilize the 70 gr SMP.
I can make no claims one way or the other from personal experience. I have not shot that bullet.
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