First, I love your Irish accent! My guess is you are no longer on that sainted ground, but now in the US. Recently, I acquired a Ruger M77 chambered in 220 Swift and I hope to go plinking in the next week or so. I purchased 300 new pieces of new Hornady brass, but I won't be able to handload any cases before testing, so I purchased 2 boxes of Hornady 55gr V-Max. Your video has got me stoked!

@mikeoutdoors22

Ай бұрын

Cheers Daniel, no buddy I'm still here in Ireland. I love seeing lads still hyped about the swift, it's a brilliant round and so underrated. Your very lucky over there that you can hand load, ammo over here most of the time is hard to get and only in hornady V-max and occasionally remington or federal and priced anywhere between 50 to 90 euro a box, Hope you injoy the new rifle buddy.

@danielwick2852

Ай бұрын

@@mikeoutdoors22 Mike, my son and I will be going plinking this week with various calibers, up in the Sierra's on BLM land; not too many people on week days, but on weekends, you have folks in every hollow throwing lead. Question: is that a Harris bipod? I've never used or had a bipod as I've have a couple of heavy varmint rests, but it's time for a bipod. Is your bipod a 6-9 inch adjustable? Also, are you on Facebook as well? Or perhaps an email? I received my Hornady brass last week; 300 cases. We will be using factory Hornady (same as your video) this week, just to get a fell for the rifle. As the best!

@mikeoutdoors22

Ай бұрын

@danielwick2852 Daniel, yea it's a 9 inch Harris bipod. I have it over 20 years and still going strong. Be a safer and more fun to be at the range when it's quieter for sure.

@danielwick2852

Ай бұрын

My friend that I got the 220 Swift from (he had 4 of them in different makes, now less one) told me about one year shooting ground squirrels in Alturas, California, on farm land. They would set their shooting tables up on a hill, shooting out to 100-200 yards downward into the farmland. One morning, there was a cold mist that was hovering over the ground up to about 10 feet. When firing the Swift, you could see the line the bullet made all the way out to the target, like a white laser beam and then moments later, it started disappearing in vapor all the way out to the target. Cool imagery.

@mikeoutdoors22

Ай бұрын

@danielwick2852 that's very cool Daniel, i love when you see the air bend and distorted with the speed of the bullet but that sounds pretty cool to see.

Looks like fun! In the US, no one ever runs out of ammo. 😜

@mikeoutdoors22

4 ай бұрын

🤣 so bloody expensive over here

I love my 220 it is a winchester model 70 with a blue receiver and a stainless fluted bull barrel and a HS percision stock and toped with a leupold 30mm 8.5x25x50 and a jewel trigger one of many i have to choose from I'm not sure how many tho maby 40 or 50

@mikeoutdoors22

4 ай бұрын

@lucysdad66 there is just something about the swift isn't there, I can only get the hornady 55gr v-max and occasionally remington core lock over here in Ireland. 40 or 50 guns lucky you

Ah the crack of the rifle takes me back to my dad taking me hunting as a kid.

@mikeoutdoors22

6 ай бұрын

Nothing quite like it buddy, I need to get out more with it. Nice to remember the days gone by with loved ones, I grew up hunting and fishing with my da and grandad lots of happy memories.

What twist rate do you recommend for heavy bullets

@mikeoutdoors22

5 ай бұрын

I'm not sure as all we got in Ireland is 55gr and the twist is 1.14 in the remington 700. Would have to go at least 1.12 or 1.10 but not to sure buddy