20-222 or 20 practical

[jds holler]

I think you'll be happy with both. I'll say that my 20-222 (Plain Jane), has been very forgiving with the brass I've used. A lot of what I use now was my old 222 brass which has been fired several times in it's past life. I'm not an annealer, but still haven't encountered a problem with the minimal forming required. I do it in a couple of steps, after running it through my old 222 full length sizer. Final bushing is .026 for half the neck. Lower half blows out to basically the chamber neck diameter.

For all I know, my brass is gonna last longer than I do. I just haven't had any issues. Got a hundred brand new Lapua sitting here and haven't even tried them yet. Below is the reamer print that PacNor used for mine.

 

[Edd]

Do you guys put muzzle brakes on these 20 caliber rifles?

 

[L.Sherm]

Do you guys put muzzle brakes on these 20 caliber rifles?

I've got one on a 20 prac and 20BRA just to see the hits better

 

[jpx2rk]

I've got brakes and a silencer. The silencer makes the 20 cal's sound like mouse farts at the range, the brakes make 'em a bit louder than normal but stop any muzzle flip you get depending on gun weight.

 

[moorepower]

I vote .20P. I run it through a .223 sb die without the expander, and it's ready to shoot. Simple is better, and with 5.56 being the most common brass in the world, it you loose a piece in the grass, it won't make you pull your hair out trying to find it.

 

[gutpile271]

I don't have much hair left,but have lots of 222 and223 brass.

 

[pwdrbrn]

one will be 20-222 and the other is going to be a version of the bobcat but with a 30degree shoulder. All good info in this post.

Check Kindlers, as in Todd, 20 VarTargTurbo, a 222 case instead of 221 case

 

[gutpile271]

went with 222x35 neck down to 20