Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Any love for the .222?

That's it.

Id be a sucker for a clean 660 (my first centerfire around 5th grade).

Wish I had a few 222's.


There is a performance gap between my manifold 221's and my 223's.


Gaps should be filled.

Seen a nat geo special many years ago

Eskimos were whacking the fugg out of caribou with .222. 👍

Or maybe it was reindeer whatever

Man you talkin bout ass shots with Safariman LOL

Love mine. Would like a slick little shorter barreled mannlicher to go with my 70’s vintage 700.

I had a Ruger Mini-14 years ago in a factory 222. I should have kept that one!

I can be Murdoc and you can be BA Barackus

The A-Team couldn't hit anything with a 222 Mini-14 either.

They weren't trying to hit....

Yep. Ive got two of them. My favorite varmint cartridge.

Kimber of Oregon LH 84 in 222 is about perfect.

Had a beautiful wood/blue Tikka .222, in Australia.

Loved that rifle, super accurate with either 50gr sierra blitz or 55gr nosler solid base.

Rabbits, crows, foxes, kangaroos & pigs, hated it !

Unfortunately, the bureaucratic bullshyte to import it into Canada, saw me send it down the road.



**It was my first centrefire rifle !!

I like mine, just an old club ugly Savage 840. I got it dirt cheap, and it shoots very well. It's a 1-16 barrel though, so you're limited to slinging potatoes out of it. It'll keyhole most 50 grainers.

I just bought a Rem 722 in .222 from a member here. Just to see if it would go bang, I loaded up 3 loads with book minimum's & 50 gr bullets & shot them at 100 yds. Worst was 1-1/4" then a 3/4" & then a 1/2". Kinda sums up what's good about a .222 - even a 60 yr old one!

Back in the slow rate of twist days, I had a Rem 788 that shot really well.

But for me, a .223 reigns supreme in it's class.

Thats hardly the point! Haha!

Only one I've ever owned is a CZ my dad gave me. It's still unfired, I need to see what's up.

I have an old 700 walnut varmint in 222 topped with a 12x Leupold fixed. I like it.

I wouldn't mind an old 700 ADL sporter in 222 as well.

Have had four, a Savage 24V, a TC Contender, a No 1 Ruger, and a 700 ADL. All shot quite well but all I have now is the Savage and Contender. Love the cartridge but find myself shooting my 223 TC carbine more.

Yup!





GWB