.222

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My totally extinct .222 RemMag. in an old 722 Remington still punches extinct touching holes at 100 and nearly so at 200 yds.
I love those totally extinct callibers....221, 222, 222 rm and even the not so extinct but barely equal .223.

[Jack]

I still have one of those extinct 222 magnums- a Sako L461 action and barrel in a Chet Brown fiberglass stock. Wears a 4-16 Weaver V series.
A rifle I'll never part with. Have enough brass stockpiled to wear out this barrel, and another one after that.
Took a friend of mine woodchuck hunting for a weekend. We used the 222 magnum Sako and a couple other rifles. By the end of the weekend, my friend was calling the 222 magnum 'the death ray', so I guess it works

[Hi Ball]

I just wanted to say that the .222 or Triple Deuce as some refer to the caliber, was without a doubt the most accurate caliber I ever owned or hunted with period.

It was easy on the fur and boring to shoot at paper targets. Why you could close your eyes and still print a group under 1/2 inch with factory ammo mind you, any day of the week come rain or shine.

I reloaded mine and for a light hunting rifle, it was fabulously accurate. It never had the distance of the 22-250 but then again the 250 was never as accurate as a general rule either. I would take another any day over the .17 or the .204.

[Cal Sibley]

I think a few feathers were ruffled by the phrase "Totally extinct .222Rem. Mag." There are many of us who are very attached to this caliber, and possibly we are overly touchy. There are more of them out there than you might think. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

[Mad Reloader]

If any feathers were ruffled on my account, forgiveness please!

For there are still a fair number of rifles chambered for same out there, most prolly in decent+ condition.

Getting hold of loaded rounds has been a bit problematical for several years, as none of the major manufacturers has rolled off factory ammo for quite a while. (Dangerous Dave the Old Western Scrounger is not exactly a "major" manufacturer, No offense Dave old buddy!)

For quite a while the dealy was hang onto that brass & reload it until such point as the casings wore out...because no more were to be had, and it's not like you could "de-shorten" .223 Rem to fit!

LUCKILY: The .204 Ruger...is apparently a .222 Rem Mag necked down to twenty-calibre, so all one needs do as of last year or so is to get hold of some brass of that ilk, run it through the dies, yada yada yada...and you have some .222 Rem Mag brass ready to go!

To me--a cartridge is extinct when you literally CANNOT find any new ammo for it. (Anybody remember the Herter's .401 Powermag?)

But one can "Easycat" or "Mildcat", if not Wildcat brass in current production calibres in some instances--Jurassic Park on the Loading bench, if you will--to revive out-of-production cartridges.

(Like using .220 Swift to make 6mm Remington-Lee Navy, or .348 Win heavily reworked to make 11mm Mauser, or .38 Special shortened to make .38 Long or .38 Short Colt)

Once in a while...you're just out of luck though. .32 Long Colt being one, 7.62 x 38 Rimmed Nagant Revolver another as far as a box of loaded ammo goes. You can still use .32 Short Colt in the former--and reworked .32-20 for the latter("7.62 x 33" Rimmed Nagant Revolver), but it's just not quite the same. Only other option? Pay whatever Bertram Brass is asking and live with it.

To me--"extinct" means the ammo is no longer around outside of relict boxes turning up once in a blue moon.

And much of the time one can--if things are amenable--"clone" these Pleistocene and Mesozoic cartridges.

(.41 Swiss Rimfire...hey, sorry, that's all she wrote! Least you can still stuff .32 Colt Shortys into some of those "Calibre .320" Victorian leftovers)

Regards---

[kjd]

Hi guys hows it going?

Just thought I'd let you guys know that the 222rem is still very much alive down in Aus being a favourite amongst our farmers and hunters although not as popular as the 223 the ones that do own a 222rem love it!

I have a 222rem a Mod 70 Heavy Varmint and it is a great accurate rifle... but light weight it is not.
Here is a bit about me shooting with my 222rem
Hunting with my Winchester 222rem

Great forum you guys have here!