I had a Cooper Single Shot Varminter in .22-250 Ackley Improved back in college. I wasn't necessarily LOOKING for the rifle, but got it on trade. I didn't know what the rifle was, and apparently the guy I got it from didn't know either, because he gave me the Cooper and an AR-15 to pay off a $1000 debt... I ended up selling EACH rifle for more than $1000 each! (ok, I admit I found a sucker for the AR-15...)

Absolutely amazing accuracy and fantastic styling. Personally, I would HIGHLY recommend Cooper rifles, but I don't know that I'd spend that kind of money on a .220 swift. When you're spending that much money, I wouldn't necessarily want it in a cartridge that will burn up a barrel faster than ususal. The swift is a venerable cartridge, but when I changed 3 barrels on my .220 swift in the same number of p-dog trips as only changing 2 barrels on my .223, and I've never noticed any difference in level of mortality on varmints, nor accuracy on paper between the two. I started out with a .220swift and a .223, then I traded the .220 for a .22-250, and then after another few years, I got rid of the .22-250, and I'm more than happy with my .223. Less powder and longer barrel life, hard to beat it...