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22 br?
i am begining to think that the 22br is the right choice for me. here's the deal... t/c encore, 24-26"mgm barrel, and 40-55 grain bullets (maybe 60-65 gr). the choice for me comes with 2 twist rate. 1 in 14" or 1 in 12" twist rates?
i'm just not sure which to go with.... yes the encore is worth it. brass will not fall apart, and the myiad of other questions. 2 16 1/4" mgm barrels 6.5 creedmoor and 20 vartarg, and a contender in 7x30 waters, i shoot them well. i take any advice you can ponder! |
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i must be the first guy on here!!!! woooooooooohooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
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I don't have a rifle in 22BR, but was just recently reading about the round in my Lyman 49th. I was wondering who, other than a target shooter, would want this particular cartridge. On the positive side, it pushes a 55 gr bullet about as well as a 222, or maybe a bit better than that. So...it is a capable round for hunting, except for the slow twist that the rifles will have. I couldn't shoot some of my favorite 223 bullets. Seems to me that if a fellow was more inclined to hunt than to just punch paper, he'd get that cartridge in a barrel with a 1 in 9 twist. As to your specific question on whether to go with a 1 in 12 or a 1 in 14, I'd probably go with a 1 in 12 and hope that I could at least stabilize a 60 gr Nosler BT (probably not, so...back to the 1 in 9 twist).
What matters is what YOU are going to do with that rifle in that cartridge. Are you a hunter or are you a target shooter? If you are a target shooter, I suspect you want the slow twist, so get the 1 in 12. If you are a hunter, then ditch the idea of a 22BR and get a 223 with a 1 in 9 twist. Yup...that's what I think. |
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My mistake...I was thinking about the 22PPC. That 22BR isn't far below a 22-250. I'd go with the 1 in 12 twist rate if that was the fastest twist option. That said, why buy a 22BR? Just get a 22-250. Brass will be much easier to find.
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Ummm......what's a .22BR ?
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.22 BR is the .22 Bench Rest cartridge. I think if it were my barrel I'd build it with a 1:9 twist to handle a larger variety of bullets.
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603country, i just want to not get a 22-250, i'm just into the 22br. ido like the 1 in 12" twist rate, just not sure. i own a savage model 12 in 223 rem.
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The 22 Br uses appr 4/6 gr less power than the 22-250 does and Nosler has some pretty good loading data for the 22Br using 1/14 twist 24" long.
My 22Br barrel is 26" long also has 1/14 twist barrel and other case to consider is blowning out the 22br to 22 Dasher and that's a good one for the heavier VLD 22cal bullets. I like the 1/14 twist barrels and I put a Kreiger on my 223 and Hart on 223AI. I put a 1/12twist on a 222AI just to be different and I've had real good luck with a custom 55gr bullet shooting varmints. Berger got those varmint 60g/64gr bullets for the 22 cal 1/12 twist barrels be good ones if going with 1/12 twist barrels. Well good luck
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Well, if the 22BR is your choice, go for it. It looks to have about the same velocity as the 224 Weatherby or the 225 Winchester, so it should be a fine varmint caliber. And it appears that Lapua and Norma make 6mmBR cases, so you have something to work with. That's a lot of work though, and if I wanted something different I'd probably lean toward a 224TTH, which is more of a hunting purposed cartridge. Anyway...sounds like fun, and I can understand the wanting 'something not a 22-250'. My personal 'not 22-250' is my 220 Swift.
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