I have been looking at a new cooper phoenix chambered in 220 swift. Cooper is one of the only brands that will make a rifle chambered in 220 swift and I am also a left handed shooter making it even harder to find a rifle. So far I have not heard anything too bad about cooper rifles. I just wanted to know if any of you have a cooper rifle or know someone that has one and how it shoots.

The Phoenix are single shot rifles aren't they ??

Otherwise, I would love one myself.

I have a Montana Varminter in .218 Bee and love it!!! It was my dads and it only comes out when we are truck hunting 'yotes and thats it. It never sees the field as my other rifles do. It is a tack driver!!!!!

I have a model 52 Jackson Hunter. It's well made and shoots lights out. No issues to date.

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...

As my screen name indicates i have a M22 in 22-250... awesome rifle i put a vari X III on mine and a bi pod and it has been lethal on ground hogs... i have several kills past 400 yards with mine.

Why don't you look at the Ruger No. 1 in a heavy barrel in .220 Swift? I have had a No. 1 and MKII in .220 Swift and they make a great rifle in it. I now have both the Ruger MKII and a Savage 112BVSS-S in .220 Swift and just got my brothers MKII in 22-250 to play with while he is gone and I am playing with loads for it.

I looked at ruger site and did not see that any of the No.1s were chambered in 220 swift. Did you have to custom order yours?

I have several Copper's, they are some decent rifles.