Question about .22-250 A.I.

GunBuyerWPB · August 5, 2014, 08:38 PM

I recently came into a Cooper Firearms Model22 in .22-250 Ackley improved with a Leupold VXIII 6.5x-20x varmint reticle. I keep hearing that I need to fire form brass which I intend on doing. My question is am I still able to shoot .22-250 Rem or am I bound to fire forming brass?

I was thinking on the lines of .223 and 5.56mm being interchangeable to certain degrees, i.e. .223 in a 5.56 but not vice versa.

Am I off, or is it ok. Reason I ask is I was wanting to shoot coyotes while fire forming brass. It has a custom 1-9 twist so I can run the heavier rounds for med game animals and such, but I don't want to derp my chamber.

Any thoughts?

Jim Watson · August 5, 2014, 08:53 PM

That is the whole point of the AI series, you can shoot factory loads or full charge handloads in them with only a slight loss in velocity, little or no loss in accuracy, and get fireformed brass to reload.

GunBuyerWPB · August 5, 2014, 09:03 PM

I appreciate the advice. I just wanted clarity, and you provided it, lol.

Thanks Again.

Art Eatman · August 6, 2014, 08:53 PM

Hey, that was easy!

August 5, 2014, 08:38 PM	#1
GunBuyerWPB Junior Member Join Date: July 16, 2014 Posts: 9	Question about .22-250 A.I. I recently came into a Cooper Firearms Model22 in .22-250 Ackley improved with a Leupold VXIII 6.5x-20x varmint reticle. I keep hearing that I need to fire form brass which I intend on doing. My question is am I still able to shoot .22-250 Rem or am I bound to fire forming brass? I was thinking on the lines of .223 and 5.56mm being interchangeable to certain degrees, i.e. .223 in a 5.56 but not vice versa. Am I off, or is it ok. Reason I ask is I was wanting to shoot coyotes while fire forming brass. It has a custom 1-9 twist so I can run the heavier rounds for med game animals and such, but I don't want to derp my chamber. Any thoughts?

August 5, 2014, 09:03 PM	#3
GunBuyerWPB Junior Member Join Date: July 16, 2014 Posts: 9	Thanks I appreciate the advice. I just wanted clarity, and you provided it, lol. Thanks Again.

August 5, 2014, 08:53 PM	#2
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	That is the whole point of the AI series, you can shoot factory loads or full charge handloads in them with only a slight loss in velocity, little or no loss in accuracy, and get fireformed brass to reload.

August 6, 2014, 08:53 PM	#4
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Hey, that was easy!