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"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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i owned a Savage m340 in the Triple Deuce. 50gr Hornady SP and H322 was golden. i bought this rifle used, so i don't know the number of rounds it has fired, but my count was 6500-7000 rounds till the barrel was fried. i was young and dumb at the time, so i sold it and bought a new Remington m700 in 223 Remington. big mistake!!! i should bought have bought the Savage a Douglas barrel in 222 Remington and go from there with a smile upon my face. but noooooooo, i sold her for a piece of garbage. dumbass!!! i wish i still had her.........
"Russia sucks." ---- Me, US Army (retired) 12B & 51B
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If you load a .223 with .222 load data, if won't give .222 performance. The .223 case is bigger and it needs more powder to give the same pressure and velocity. Also, many of the really nice mini-actions such as the CZ 527 and Sako L461 fit the .222 with plastic tipped bullets much better than the .223 with same. If you make .222 cases out of .223 brass, won't there be two brass thicknesses in the neck as part of the shoulder of the .223 case will form the lower part of the .222 neck?
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Load it with cornflakes and it will shoot tinny little holes
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On making 222s from 223 brass, it all depends on the brass used. I did some from lc brass and had lots of problems with wrinkled brass and had to anneal it down into the shoulder but didn't have to deal the necks. I am just making some from Norma 5.56 bràss and they form beautiful without annealing but the necks get very thick and need to be reamed.
Most of my 222 brass is Rem, Win, Starline and Lapua for hunting and target loads but I do load a bunch of plinking, small game and bobcat/fox loads with light loads and use the reformed 223/5.56 brass for them.
After the first shot the rest are just noise.
Make mine a Minaska
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