222 Remington versus 223 Remington - why one over the other?

[PNW_Steve]

I am surprised that no-one has mentioned the .225 Winchester. It has notably more case capacity than the .223 which has more case capacity than the .222

I had a Model 70 in .225 that was 1/2 moa capable. My best was five shots at 200 yards that measured 9/16" c-c.

[GSP7]

220 swift


223....22-250....220swift

[PNW_Steve]

220 swift

I came close to buying a .220 Swift several years ago and got talked out of it by a gent that convinced me that it was a "barrel burner". I know better now and wish that I could get my hands on that rifle today.....

[GSP7]

I came close to buying a .220 Swift several years ago and got talked out of it by a gent that convinced me that it was a "barrel burner". I know better now and wish that I could get my hands on that rifle today.....

There were and are a fair amount of nice pre-64 Win model 70 220 swift rifles . Ive passed up several will searching 30 cal m70s

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[PNW_Steve]

There were and are a fair amount of nice pre-64 Win model 70 220 swift rifles . Ive passed up several will searching 30 cal m70s

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The 70 that I had was a pre-64 with the barrel free floated and action glass bedded. Along with a trigger. I can't remember which one.. Timmeny?

I miss that rifle.
Unfortunately my brother got hold of it and pawned it. It was gone before I was aware of what happened.

[Chris S]

My experience, though meager, two guns in 223, several in 222 and several in 22-250 has lead me to believe the 222 is just plain magic. Loaded with a 50-52 grain slug and 4198/4895 powder, you are really hard pressed to print bad groups. I hunted prairie dogs (ok, shot prairie dogs) for a lot of years in Colorado, nothing could compare to the deuce for hit ratio. For gore factor or range, of course, the 22-250 reigned supreme.

17 Rem was a lot of fun too, as well as 6 PPC. But those cartridges have their own "issues" that the loader has to deal with. The Deuce "just works". Shelf gun, custom gun, pistol, rifle, it works.

My $.02
Chris