220 Swift

[Larryjk]

An old friend gave me a Remington 700 Classic in 220 Swift with a Leupold 12X on top several years. I shot 50 grain
Sierra's in it at first because that is what he had been shooting. Now I use a Hornady 55 Grain V-Max pushed along by IMR 4350. It is very accurate and really quiets down prairie dogs that are way out there. I usually leave the Swift for the "far" dogs.

[berettadouble]

I love my .220 Model 70 Heavy. I use RL15 and 50 vmax at darn close to 4000fps, and have shot 40s around 4300. Give it the gas- steel is cheap.

Am currently messing with H414 to see what happens, and hopefully to standarize my powder stores. Got really great acuracy when the rifle was new with IMR4350, but I wanted to go full throttle and RL15 did it...

[Evan03]

i shoot the swift in a #1vt i load 55gr bullets. ive found lighter bullets faster doesnt benifit me compared to 55s at 3600-3800.

ive found very very good acruacy at 3800 with h4831sc aswell as imr4831 and standerd h4831.

ive used h414 good groups but not consitent day to day just seemed tempermental.

ive also been playing with imr4007ssc and am finding super tight groups with 53gr triple shocks at 3800. this is my bigame small caliber hunting load.

ive tested loads useing rl19 imr4350 and a bunch more, i havent yet tested loads useing rl15 but ive found what im looking for with h4831sc and imr4007ssc both are very good powders with 55gr bullets

im burning in remington cases and lit with cci br2 primers. sized through a RCBS knecksizer. bullets seated on the lands

[Catfish]

Just one thing to say about velocity, DO NOT sacrefice accuracy for it. I have no trouble pushing 80 gr. bullets to over 3,500 fps. with my .22-6mm, but it`s far more accurate at 3,250 fps. I just hold alittle higher. One other thing, heaver bullets at lower velocities drift less in the wind, especially past 4000 or 500 yrds.