I love my 222. My favourite centrefire for sure. They are making a comeback

@314299

3 жыл бұрын

I doubt the 222 will ever be as big a deal as it once was, but on the other hand I doubt they will ever go away either.

@MrTobytasha

3 жыл бұрын

the best ever made its all you need

@gradyhernandez4699

2 жыл бұрын

It will be good for first time shooters ( 222) i have.one looking for a savage 222 now

@gradyhernandez4699

2 жыл бұрын

@@314299 222 savage

Good morning Sir, I love doing load development, seeing what works best in a given rifle. A good load in one rifle may be a just ok load in another. Thanks for taking us to the range

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. This is a video that I figured would be of interest to about no one else but me!

@heyyoubuddy6749

4 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy the vids you make, I’m a gun guy, been a gun guy ever sense I was a boy. Grandpa bought me my first shotgun when I was 8. At 9 He bought me my first .22 lr. I had a fun childhood. Grandpa would shoot with me all the time. In high school I spent most of my money on fuel and reloading components hehe

That's pure bling on that rifle.

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

It's certainly quite shiny. The scope came on a stainless rifle I once bought. Although ugly and shiny it is a made in Japan unit and the optics are very clear and over all it is of decent quality. Too bad it was not black....

My favorite cal.

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

It's a nice, civilized caliber.

if there is plenty of space in the case with a given load there will be wide variations in burn, depending on how the powder lays. With partial loads we used to use a piece of (real) cotton to keep the powder back against the primer.

@314299

8 ай бұрын

Some powders are more sensitive to load density than others. Best overall is to use a powder that fills a case to 80% density. Personally I do not like fillers or any other insert in a case as it can lead to pressure spikes and ringed chambers. To the best of my knowledge no powder manufacturer recommends the use of any type of filler for this reason.

Beautiful Rifle, neat cartridge!

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

222 - a great round

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

It is a great round, very useful to the hand loader and cheap to shoot as well.

Makes me go and get my Remington 700 .222 mag and take it yo the range, I know it’s been very accurate in the past half inch group all day

@314299

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a favorite load for your 222?

Those last shots were getting better, as you said,..should be interesting to see what future loads will do. I really enjoy shooting with my Sako in .222 I only wish I could find this ammo. more easily. I guess it's just not that popular any more,..pity!

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

Regrettably I only had the one can of the stuff and it's now used up.

@regsparkes6507

4 жыл бұрын

@@314299 Ah well!

@joelriggs9153

4 жыл бұрын

Cabela's carries PPU ammo and 222 that's what I use and then reload the brass

Do you ever load BL-C(2) powder with 50 grain bullets I got good accuracy with that powder bullets cloverleaf

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

It's been over twenty-five years since I had any BL-C(2) powder, and when I had some I don't think I was loading much .222 Remington. I've no doubt it would be a good performer with 50 grain bullets as similar powder such as Winchester 748 works quite well for that purpose.

what kind of case life do you average with a 222 Remington ? Thanks

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

That's hard to say with regards to factory made .222 cases as I dont think I've yet had one fail. I've had some .222 that I made out of .223 that got neck cracks after ten or fifteen reloads, but most of them are still usable. With neck sizing and occasional annealing the brass seems to hold up well, be it PPU, Winchester or Federal.

@Russianpaintrain

4 жыл бұрын

thankyou !

Taking out my Sako .222 and zeroing it this week.

@314299

3 жыл бұрын

I bet that's an accurate rifle.

Looks like a nice load for some coyotes

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

Overall even the heaviest load is too slow, should be getting 3100 fps. This is typical of really old powder, it seems to get weak and performance suffers.

222 great one

@314299

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a nice caliber.

wow a centre fire harrel, don't see those often ;)

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

I thought you dont like harrels...

whats the advantage of this over .223?

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

There is no huge advantage of 222 over 223, performance wise they are similar if you shoot 55 grain and lighter bullets. Most people are probably better off getting a 223 as the ammo is more plentiful. For the die hard bullet caster the 222 is "better" as it has a case neck more suited to cast bullets.

When it comes to 22 center fires I am a 223/5.56 guy myself. I try and buy guns in calibers I already have, less to reload. I would like a 222 though, its a hunters caliber.

@314299

18 күн бұрын

For someone already set up to reload 223 adding 222 is just the cost of a set of dies, and often a set of good used 222 dies can be had for $20-$30.

@jakeoutdoors9600

18 күн бұрын

@@314299 I forgot about this comment. I have acquired a 222 now. It is an old savage 340 that was pretty rough. I paid $75usd for it. I finished working on it and I can keep a group just under an inch at 100yds with the old 4x weaver scope.

A buddy just gave me a set of .222 dies. So now I have to find a rifle to go with them.

@314299

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much any 222 rifle is a good one.

I wish I could find an ADL like that one for sale!!!!!

@314299

4 жыл бұрын

I've had this one a for probably 25ish years.

@willman43

3 жыл бұрын

I am lucky to have been given one today along with several other guns. I cannot wait to shoot it. My stepdad past a few years ago and he was a gun guy, my mom let me pick what I wanted and this was one of them along with several hundred rounds of ammo.

52 sierra hp is most accurate bullet. With ,cci 400 primers , using B l c 2 powder , go by charge weight of powder

@314299

6 ай бұрын

Yes the 52 grain Sierra hollow.point can be very accurate. What rifle is your 222?

Use magnum primers

@314299

18 күн бұрын

To the best of my knowledge magnum small rifle primers are only recommended for use with ball powders, the Reloader 11 is a stick powder. At any rate I used all the Reloader 11 I had and have no more.

4198 imr is the best choice

@314299

Ай бұрын

IMR 4198 is certainly an excellent powder for the 222, but I had a pound of this old Reloader 11 and wanted to see how it would perform.

20.5 , IMR 4198. 50 gr Hornady SX. COL , 2.120. for mine .. 3150. For me ..

@314299

8 ай бұрын

That sounds like a sensible load.

@normpage4604

8 ай бұрын

@@314299 , I tell ya . It will put'em all in one hole @ 100 yrd... With the 6x18x40 Burris peep plex glass I have on my 788 ...

@daleharvey3278

2 ай бұрын

4198 was the powder for yrs.

Extreme spread terrible I keep that figure under 20 try h335 or better yet blc2 , X-terminator

@314299

6 ай бұрын

This was 50 or 60 year old powder, I only had the one pound so doing any more load development is impossible. The video is just showing what results I got with the loads I tried.