Anybody shooting. 220 Russian?

[JDBraddy]

Had been thinking about a new build, and was trying to decide .223, 22-250, .22BR, etc... when I went to the range to fireform some 6PPC and thought why not just chamber a barrel up in .220 russian with a no-turn neck, LAPUA brass is plentiful, I could just swap barrels on my existing 6-ppc, amd it would be a lot cheaper than an entire new build. Have never seen anybody using one. Anybody shooting heavier 77-90gr bullets in 220 Russian? Loads? Performance?

 

[jimmymac]

No expert here, but I believe the reason it is not used more in competition is because the cases stretch and require frequent trimming. A 220 Beggs solves this problem. Maybe somebody else will chime in here.

 

[Evan]

I was under the impression that the 220 Beggs and the Russian are the same. Gene just had dies and reamers all made to work together with the Lapua brass out of the box.

 

[jimmymac]

https://benchrest.com/showthread.php?66268-What-s-Happening-with-the-Beggs-Cartridges

 

[slancey]

I shoot a .220 Russian built by Gre'-Tan. It's just like you describe: no-turn neck, zero free-bore. Redding makes the dies. Mine has a 20" barrel, rifle weighs 7lbs. The first group I fired at 100 yards was in the 3's. My barrel is 1-14" twist and it shoots the 50 Z-Max at about 3250 using Benchmark. The Z-Max is the same bullet as the V-Max, except the green tip has a special compound that works better on zombies. Probably not what you're looking for, but in a nutshell, yes the .220 Russian works real well using the PPC bolt face.

 

[boltfluter]

Why not just do a 6ppc with a fast twist? Load data is out there and no case stretching to deal with. Just a thought.

Paul

 

[slancey]

Good point on the case stretch. I had to trim my .220 Russian brass after the third firing.

 

[okie]

except the green tip has a special compound that works better on zombies. good to know!!! halloween close!!

 

[okie]

except the green tip has a special compound that works better on zombies.

LMAO

 

[redrockranger]

What's the intended use of the rifle ?

 

[garandman]

I kinda resembles 224 Valkyrie, a short fat 22 caliber .... I'm waiting on a 224V bbld action right now.