Cooper Rifles
12-06-2010, 06:08 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 24
Cooper Rifles
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.
12-07-2010, 10:41 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,902
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...
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...
12-12-2010, 08:01 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,834
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.
