Thread: Fast Twist 222

Anyone loading for one of these? Will have a 1:9 and mostly plan on using 55g but do have some 60g partitions and 62g gold dots both of which are just gathering dust. So if anyone has used similar let me know.

Friend runs an 8T. Nice rig.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Friend runs an 8T. Nice rig.

What's he run in it?

Originally Posted by charliehorse

What's he run in it?

55gr Barnes.Like us he is dwindling on supplies. Told him to look at 52 and 60 Hammers.

Originally Posted by TeRei

55gr Barnes.Like us he is dwindling on supplies. Told him to look at 52 and 60 Hammers.

Shit loads Hornady 55sp kicking around, and they are cheap. I’m loading 20.3gr Reloader 7 for 3030fps.
Reds, fallow, goats, hares, rabbits, magpies, geese, and plovers beware!
CZ527 1:12 tube. Just over 1” high at 100 and just under 1”low at 200

Originally Posted by Muttonguts

Shit loads Hornady 55sp kicking around, and they are cheap. I’m loading 20.3gr Reloader 7 for 3030fps.
Reds, fallow, goats, hares, rabbits, magpies, geese, and plovers beware!
CZ527 1:12 tube. Just over 1” high at 100 and just under 1”low at 200

That's good news
I just got given a box of Hornady 55s and I have a heap of BM2 so will get on to some 222R load development myself

its close enough to the 223 which is its child rather than sibling...... to mean results in one pretty much cross over to the other...

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

its close enough to the 223 which is its child rather than sibling...... to mean results in one pretty much cross over to the other...

15 per cent more boogie in the 223. Makes a difference.

Originally Posted by TeRei

15 per cent more boogie in the 223. Makes a difference.

yes n no...... a mild load in one isnt really a hot load in the other...it wasnt until I looked up loads for the trebly that I realised how light Ive loaded the 223 for all these years.... that 24.5grns of ar2206h pops up again lol.

I have a new 1:9" 222 rimmed

Haven't shot it yet?

Originally Posted by charliehorse

Haven't shot it yet?

I've shot mine with 45 grainers i had on hand.
Just got some 55s now to try

Originally Posted by akaroa1

I've shot mine with 45 grainers i had on hand.
Just got some 55s now to try

I finally got around to doing some loads for the 222R
Hornady 55 SP
BM2 22.0 grains
Bertram 222R brass

I just picked a mid range load because I don't want to squander components
And it's a sub 6 pound Contender carbine so not really a 1/4 moa platform.

But all 4 groups were sub 3/4 moa at 100m
I will test terminal performance now on animals.
If the 55 SPs work ok I will buy some more and do a little more load work.
But don't really expect the load could be improved much more.
Scope could definitely be upgraded
Shooter could do with a bit of rust knocked off

Don't sweat it Sierra lists loads up to 63 gr SMP in .222 the twist has very little to do with it in those weights,
Just use common sense when loading.
I find 2206H works well with the 63 SMPc Sierra .

Originally Posted by shooternz

Don't sweat it Sierra lists loads up to 63 gr SMP in .222 the twist has very little to do with it in those weights,
Just use common sense when loading.
I find 2206H works well with the 63 SMPc Sierra .

the 63grn SMP is short for weight.....that and the 60grn hornady spfbare both reccomended for the 1;14 twists