What can i do with all my 22ppc brass?

[rcook10]

My dad has alzheimers and is no long er safe to use firearms. He was a pretty serious horder and i’m trying to go through all the weird stuff he has accumulated and figure out what I can use it for. He has about 400 rounds of new norma 22ppc brass, i’m not really sure what to do with it (he never owned or had a rifle chambered in it to my knowledge). Can i reform it to 6.5 or 6 grendel or Something similar or should I try to sell it off. 22ppc seems to be pretty unpopular these days.

 

[joshb]

Sorry about your Dad. Sell it here!

 

[Bill K]

If you shoot the grendels, then reform it and use it. If not and your not going to have them or another cartridge that uses it as a base, then sell it.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Is it long enough to make a grendel case? One of these ubr type guys may want it. They can use it as a ppc or make it back into a beggs- they use both. @Greyfox may know a guy, so may @gunsandgunsmithing

 

[rrwildlife]

My dad has alzheimers and is no long er safe to use firearms. He was a pretty serious horder and i’m trying to go through all the weird stuff he has accumulated and figure out what I can use it for. He has about 400 rounds of new norma 22ppc brass, i’m not really sure what to do with it (he never owned or had a rifle chambered in it to my knowledge). Can i reform it to 6.5 or 6 grendel or Something similar or should I try to sell it off. 22ppc seems to be pretty unpopular these days.

It’s worth about $65.00/100 right now plus shipping. At least that is what I paid Huntington’s couple weeks ago. Might be worth listing it in the classified.

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Heck with the 6 and 6.5 grendels, go 20 cal with the brass. I just built a 20 PPC with a no turn reamer I designed using the thin neck wall (.011”) Norma 6PPC USA brass. Barrel is 1 in 10@ twist to shoot the heavier bullets if I want. Action is a Howa Mini. Will make a great little varmint round.

I can share my reamer drawing with you if interested. Once you go 20 cal you’ll never go back to 22

 

[ebb]

Make a Waldog.

 

[Greyfox]

My dad has alzheimers and is no long er safe to use firearms. He was a pretty serious horder and i’m trying to go through all the weird stuff he has accumulated and figure out what I can use it for. He has about 400 rounds of new norma 22ppc brass, i’m not really sure what to do with it (he never owned or had a rifle chambered in it to my knowledge). Can i reform it to 6.5 or 6 grendel or Something similar or should I try to sell it off. 22ppc seems to be pretty unpopular these days.

Sent you a PM.

Rick

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Make a Waldog.

No sense I doing all that work forming the brass in my opinion. Not a fan of thick shoulder brass up in the neck either. Might as well just leave it a 22 PPC if staying with 22 cal

 

[rcook10]

Thanks everyone for the kind words and advice!

 

[Dusty Stevens]

No sense I doing all that work forming the brass in my opinion. Not a fan of thick shoulder brass up in the neck either. Might as well just leave it a 22 PPC if staying with 22 cal

Theres a reason nobody used the 22ppc in benchrest back in the day and any 22cal ppc cased rifle was usually a shortened version like the waldog. They had a ton of short versions

 

[Evan]

My dad has alzheimers and is no long er safe to use firearms. He was a pretty serious horder and i’m trying to go through all the weird stuff he has accumulated and figure out what I can use it for. He has about 400 rounds of new norma 22ppc brass, i’m not really sure what to do with it (he never owned or had a rifle chambered in it to my knowledge). Can i reform it to 6.5 or 6 grendel or Something similar or should I try to sell it off. 22ppc seems to be pretty unpopular these days.

Sounds to me like you need to build a 22PPC! I think that may have been your dad's thought when he picked up the brass.

Get some 52-53gn match bullets and be prepared to shoot the smallest groups you've ever shot in your life . It's never been "popular" but it has always been an outstandingly accurate round!

 

[ebb]

Yea too much case capacity.

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Theres a reason nobody used the 22ppc in benchrest back in the day and any 22cal ppc cased rifle was usually a shortened version like the waldog. They had a ton of short versions

Yeah maybe not good for the short game. 22 PPC might be better with a tighter twist barrel, heavier bullets, and shot at 600 yards. But I don’t like anything in 22 cal personally so either way doesn’t appeal to me at all.

I still say he should go for the 20 PPC.