Have you ever shot a quality .223 ?Everybody on earth has a 223. 222 is for the marksman.. 223s are for spray and pray...
Have you ever shot a quality .223 ?Everybody on earth has a 223. 222 is for the marksman.. 223s are for spray and pray...
Everybody on earth has a 223. 222 is for the marksman.. 223s are for spray and pray...
Longer neck
Greater barrel life
More shots in succession before barrel heats up
Burns less powder
It’s as pure a classic as they get
Greater inherent accuracy potential
There. I’m only getting started. Keep it a .222
Agreed. The 223 is no slouch, however the triple deuce has a pedigree history and in a factory 40X it's a true classic!In the PO Ackley book he talks about not liking the .223 or AR's, but also says the .223 is as accurate as the .222. He was right, a good .223 will shoot with a .222. I've had a couple, one 14twist Shilen was very accurate with most any bullet and made little bugholes with 40's doing close to 4,000. A stock early 223 Rem. varminter I sold to a friend shoots beautiful 1/4" groups with tireless consistency......it's deadly on pd's and rockchucks. On SD prairie dogs my shooting partner was just deadly with his AR heavy barrel, definitely not spray and pray. The .223 is no slouch.
By the way....“Are there any .222 advantages over .223?”
yeah, it’s a little easier to shoot bugholes with the 222.
this is 5 shots @ 100 yds from a 40XBR
Yes, l have a Model 21 Cooper MTV low ser#, in 223Rem, Jarrett barreled 700 Remington Varmint in 223Rem. Son has my old Winchester Mod70 Coyote w/Wilson 9 twist barrel 223 Rem. His ONLY rifle. He shoots SC Whitetail in season With Winchester's 64gr jsp big game load. Shoots prairie dogs with me in the summer. He's not a handloader. Shoots factory ammo. Daughter took my 5R 700Remington PSS 223Rem. l prefer 222 over a 223. My 222s are more accurateHave you ever shot a quality .223 ?
Agree, for sure.Everybody on earth has a 223. 222 is for the marksman.. 223s are for spray and pray...
Agreed. The Deuce is just plain inherently accurate.If my memory serves the .222 was the most accurate cartridge for like 50 years
until the PPC stuff came along.
I have a .222 in an anschutz with a heavy barrel and love it.
I agree, I’ve had two 40XBRs in 222, 2 oz triggers, they are the true classic bench gun.
Thank you, I got it off Gunbroker, probably had 100 rounds fired. It loves Barts 52g Ultras. It was made in 1968.That Sir is a beautiful rifle!