how many started your centerfire varmint hunting with a 222 rem
this will probably show the age of the forum. I started 57 years ago with a 222 rem and now have gone full circle back to the 222. there is just something about how easy it is to get a 222 rem to shoot and the magnificent job it does.
neve have had a warm fuzzy feeling for the 223 with it's short neck. if you take the 222 and increase the dimensions it is a shrunk down 30-06. I do think the 222 was a little more popular in the east, Midwest and Europe where distances didn't get stretched quite so far as they do out west. |
How many started your varmint hunting with a 222 Rem?
Over 70 years ago, started my varmint hunting with a pump 22 short Winchester, shooting rats and turtles along the levees in the Sutter basin/Robbins area. But the next rifle I did obtain was a Savage in 222 Rem. So may not have actually started my varmint hunting with a 222, but it sure was second on the list. My still add a 20 or 17-222 to the varmint calibers I now shoot, as I really enjoy various 20 and 17 caliber one's. Bill K :)
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I started back in the 70's with a little Sako L461 in 223 because I was biased towards the 223, yes I know some people cannot be told what's good. Two weeks ago just bought my first 222 and am going to the range tomorrow morning to see how it shoots.
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I killed my first Ghog with a 222, it was a Remington 722 that belonged to my dad. It was a neat gun with a 6 power weaver scope. Dad sold it to buy a 270 Win for deer hunting. I am pretty sure he got $60.00 for it. Money was tight back then, we each had a rifle and a shotgun. After the 222 went away I used my model 88 win in 308 for Ghogs, I didn't get many crawlers if I hit them. The good old days.
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The first centerfire I bought myself...
Was a Remington 700BDL in .222Rem.,that was a little over 40 years ago and I remember looking at a loaded factory round thinking what a big case for such a little bullet.It was the beginning of a love affair for sure.Now a lot of the cartridges I shoot are based on the .222Rem and even smaller bullets:D
I sure think it is a dandy and will always have one or more in my collection. Lots of woodchucks and crows met there demise because of that rifle.Later on when I discovered the gunshop where I bought my first 222 had a separate section for varmint rifles I bought another BDL in 222 it was the Varmint Special,pure beauty for sure.I even remember seeing a 40-X in .220swift for $800- and thinking “too much for me”If I could go back in time with today’s money I would have a field day.:eek: Matt |
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city dump was only 1/4 mile away and had more than it's share of rats, bottles and cans to plink at. I can remember walking into the drug store at 12 years old and buying cci 22 amo without a question (prer-1968). |
My first deuce was actually my 3rd varmint rifle. Started with a Winchester model 43 in 22 Hornet. The rifle shot very well but the trigger was terrible. My second one was a 220 Swift. That rifle changed my whole perspective on varmint shooting. I could whack varmints further than I ever dreamed possible with the little Hornet. Then came the deuce as kind of an intermediate between the Hornet and Swift. It's been a down hill slide ever since. I believe I'm at 14 Varmint rigs but the only same caliber double I have is the deuce. I have traded or sold a couple of deuces but only to upgrade their previous slots in the gun safe. The deuce would be one of the last ones to go if I ever liquidated. The Swift would be the last...……………….
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How many started your varmint hunting with a 222 Rem ?
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Not my first, but perhaps my favorite to this day. Started with my uncle's Savage in 25-20 for groundhogs. Then he would go with me and let me use his 222 in Remington 722 with 10X Weaver. Loved making those long 250 yard shots when I was 12
Since then have owned a shot many 222s Sakos Rem in Model 7, 700, 722 and 40X Very easy cartridge to produce accurate loads with variety of bullets an powder |
My first CF chuck rifle was a 6.5 Rem. Mag. model 660.
My second CF chuck rifle was a heavy barreled .22-250 made up by P.O.Ackley on a Model 98 Action - laminated mahogany(yes) stock with 2, 1/4" thick lams of aluminum separated by 3/8" strip of maple in the middle of the stock. Yeah - weird but cool colour and nicely finished. The design was 40X all the way & weighed 12 pounds. 3rd, all between 1966 & 1972, was a BRNO Fox .22 Hornet- started loading the 6.5. I now have and have had if for about 10 years, a .222 Sako A1 - great shooting rifle with 36gr. Barnes, 40 Barnes and Vmax, 52gr. Bergers & Sierras, 55gr. Speer and Hornadys. Love it. |
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