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BambooJoe
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Posted: 10 August 2008 12:30 AM |
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I am getting a Remington 220 Swift, and was wondering if any of you have a load that you feel is great. I have plenty of 40, and 50 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets to use.
What are your experiences and/or thoughts?
Thanks
Joe
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jfrey
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Posted: 26 August 2008 06:14 PM |
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Don't remember the exact powder load, but we use 4831 SC powder and the 50 gr. Hornady V-Max bullet. The case is practically full. Shoots very well in a Ruger 70 rifle.
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stevekoozer
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Posted: 11 October 2008 03:45 AM |
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| Been shooting the 220 swift for a long time and have tried pretty much any bullet and powder combo one would use with the cartridge design in mind. Tell me what you would like to do with the swift and I can give you some data to start working with. Once you go to a Swift you will never look back to any other of the hot rodded .224's. The powder capacity of the case is about the max for a .22 caliber with good barrel life. It is very easy to load for allthough each rifle will have its preferences, you should have no problem finding 2-3 loads that will make you giggle like a school girl. I could ramble on and on but the cartridge speaks for itself.
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dmickey
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Posted: 13 October 2008 04:29 AM |
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| My thought is you should buy a copy of the Nosler Reloading Manual. Then you would not have to depend on other people's memory or typing skills for your data! I needed some data for the 6mm/250 Savage wildcat cartridge so I found a Nosler Number One Loading manual and bought it! I think the most current one is the Number Six. Buy it!!
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CB900F
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Posted: 19 October 2008 04:33 AM |
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Bamboo;
Here's my load: Winchester cases, CCI primers, Hornady 50 gr V-Max bullet, 45 grains of Vihta N160. The gun is a Ruger #1V, which is a helluva stout action.
My OAL puts the ogive of the bullet on the lands. The recent Speer manuals, #13 & #14, show 46 grains as max load with an observed MV 3868 fps. The gun they used was a Ruger 77V, and that's important to note.
My load gives 3960 fps over my Oehler 35P chrono, about 100 fps faster than book with 1 full grain less powder. Which means having the bullet seated on the lands has caused an increase in pressure. If it's goin' faster, there's gotta be more push or less friction. I doubt it's less friction because the accuracy is there. The bullet acts as though it's fully obdurated into the groove, with no gas bypass to disturb its exit at the muzzle.
I'm getting good brass life, no donuts, no cratered primers. But, it's not a load you want to start off attempting to duplicate either.
900F
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stevekoozer
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Posted: 20 October 2008 03:52 AM |
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dmickey wrote: My thought is you should buy a copy of the Nosler Reloading Manual. Then you would not have to depend on other people's memory or typing skills for your data! I needed some data for the 6mm/250 Savage wildcat cartridge so I found a Nosler Number One Loading manual and bought it! I think the most current one is the Number Six. Buy it!!
Excellent suggestion you can never ever have too many loading manuals. You can also never have too many notes on each rifle in each caliber that you own and what combo's you have tried what worked and what did not.
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