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Old 05-20-2006 | 01:06 PM
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Default Which 22 Is Better For Reloading ?

Which 22 is better to reload ?
Like 22-250 or 22 hornet etc etc etc

What do you like best and why ?

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Old 05-20-2006 | 02:57 PM
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They all have their advantages and disadvantages. I really like loading for my .223. With a .223 and a fast twist barrel, it can shoot light weightvarmint bullets without the jacket flying off prematurely, and it can also stabilize some of the larger, heavier bullets that require a fast twist.
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Old 05-20-2006 | 06:48 PM
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22 hornet can be miserable. Cases can buckle due to thinness.
 
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Old 05-21-2006 | 01:33 AM
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i load for my 22-250 with absolutely no trouble id say the 22-250 is very pleasant to reload.

22 hornet on the other hand[:'(]..... I was trying to help my varmint hunting buddy work a load for his 22 hornet, once fired brass isnt to bad to work with but twice and 3 times fired brass forget it. first of all the brass to begin with is very very thin and seems to stretch excessivley my guess is truly that the brass can only be reloaded twice. on the 3rd reload the case walls are so thin from stretching and trimming the cases either buckle during resizing or the cases split upon firing.

id have to say the 22-250 is deffinately better.
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Old 05-21-2006 | 03:26 AM
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I like loading for my .220 swift. It is very easy on ya and you can really get some great loads worked up. The 22-250 is also a great round to work with I am just a swift fan.
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Old 06-03-2006 | 11:04 AM
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The .22/250 is pretty easy to load for, as it will generally give good accuracy with a variety of loads.

One of the very best .22's is the .219 Donaldson Wasp, if one is not adverse to wildcat cartridges. Same goes for the .22 PPC......
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Old 06-03-2006 | 04:31 PM
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I shoot mostly 22-250 and 220 Swift. but military 223 brass is cheep and easy to find
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Old 06-04-2006 | 03:59 AM
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IMO the 223 is the sweetheart of .224 diameter bullet launchers.

I've owned six of these and they all shot superbly and the ammo is a snap to reload and cases are availably very inexpensively.

Velocities rival (but do not equal) the 22-250 so much so that shooting P-dogs, one don't really have much loss going from one to the other.

The .223 is the finest varmint round in .224 caliber I've ever owned and I've owned the Swift, 22-250, 225 Winchester and the 222. It can handle 40 grain bullets to 3,800'/sec and 50 grain bullets to 3,400 and that ain't whistling Dixie!!!

IMO if you need something more than a .223 you need to look to a larger caliber.
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Old 06-04-2006 | 03:03 PM
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I love my Savage Model 12 .223. I am really thinking of getting another one or the same gun in a 22-250. With a 40 grain bullet and 28.2 grains of Reloader 15, I can get 3,890 fps with the .223. I am going to see what it will take to get 4,000 fps out of it, but won't load it any more after finding out what it takes. My every day load is 28 grains of Reloader 15.

I recently went to a new to me shooting range and picked up over 500 .223 cases that were worth keeping. Another 150 or so were junk or had a berdan primer.
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Old 06-04-2006 | 06:32 PM
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Don't look past the 221 Fireball or 222 Rem. Both of those calibers are not picky as far as powder or bullets and can be vary accurate
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