My 1950's vintage Remington 40x that I inherited from my grandfather is chambered in 222 rem and my old 700adl is chambered in 222 rem. I dont own a 223 at the moment but was considering buying a new rifle and having it rechambered. Can run the same dies, no confusion with my reloads, etc. Plus its waaaay cooler...LOL.
Well... I can agree with you ONE point:
Plus its waaaay cooler...
However, I disagree with you on another:
My 1950's vintage Remington 40x that I inherited from my grandfather is chambered in 222 rem...
The 40-X centerfire didn't come out until 1961. (According to the BBofGV)
I am wondering, however, why you seem compelled to own yet another .222 Rem...? (Not that I have any room to talk... since I own 3, I think...) One can easily tell at a glance the difference between a .222 Rem case and a .223 Rem. Thus, your "Confusion" theory doesn't hold water, (At least not to me...)
If you set back a .223 barrel enough to rechamber to .222, then the barrel would no longer fit the barrel channel in the stock. And would look waaay ugly, IMHO.
OTOH, it just may be that you just do not LIKE the .223 Rem...
Now that's something I DO understand... (Because I'm not crazy about it either... tho' I do own a couple or three...) Such being the case, It would seem to make more sense to have a .223 AI'd... (Now that's a COOL case...) OR rechamber it to .222 Rem Mag. Either way, performance is about the same...
Trust me, I'm not putting you down, just applying a bit of logic...
Idle thoughts from a mostly idle mind....
GH