remington 722 in .222 rem magnum picked up

Looks good.

That's cool

Nice, clean looking rifle. I've always liked the 721/722 Remingtons, the unadorned Model 700. Aesthetically, they kind of remind me of a Model 788. My favorite Remington bolt-action rifles are the short-lived Models 720 and 725.

Looks great. If the .222 magnum was more common it would be ideal for the new heavy low drag bullets with the correct twist. Yours will make the regular 55 grain and under scream out of that long barrel with out the blast of the ..22-250. Congratulations on the 722

You will be pleasantly surprised and pleased by the accuracy of your new rifle. I've owned three .222 Mags and they were so accurate I had to keep them all, and Rem 722's are usually accuracy jewels. I expect you will quickly decide the .222 Mag deserves a scope with more than 4X magnification to perform at its best. And if you have trouble finding .222 Mag ammo or cases, they can be made from .204 Ruger brass.

eastbank said:

I picked up this 722 in .222 rem magum on Thursday and just got to cleaning it up and putting a 4x leupold on it to test my loads. I like the 721-722 series of rifles and have quite a few of them. I had another 722 rem .222 rem magum some time ago, but it was not in very good condition and I let it go. this one is in very good condition with a ex bore.

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The .222 Rem. magnum is a rare bird indeed. A good friend had one in a 700 with the dies & brass. Don't know if he ever shot it or not.

Had not heard the thing about using 204 brass, good hint. A good friend had a 722 in 222 Mag back in the 1970's. He solved his brass problems by taking 223 ammo and squeezing the shoulder carefully with pliers so the round would be a crush fit in the chamber, pull the trigger and he had fire formed brass with a slightly shorter neck. Can't say I'd recommend the process but it worked for him.

I have same rifle and made 1960. Like picture when I scope rifle I took rear sight off. I've have few other 222 mags and I rebarrel one so have plenty of new Rem brass. I've shot lot of pd with it and few coyotes. I had to look it.

You can get brass here.
https://www.natchezss.com/nosler-un...-cartridge-cases-222-rem-mag-250-ct-bulk.html

I do know my standard .222 is extremely accurate out to 300 yards, using ammo it likes, I can just imagine what the .222 Magnum is like, I do wonder what the twist rate is in the Remington 700 series of rifles. Mine does not like any persuasion of 55grn projectiles, and definitely prefers the 45grn. all the way up to 53grn., However my CZ prefers 50grn.Hodgdon HP/BT with the use of Hornady CFE223, at 100 yards it will place all rounds (5) into one raggedy hole, and shoot very respectable groups out to 300 yards providing the wind isn't blowing.

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I’m jealous op! Sounds like a fun shooter!

That .222 mag, like my (former .222) 722 probably has a 1-14 twist rate. The 26" barrel 1-14" of my now .223 rechambered one does stabilize the 55 grain military boat tails to 200 yards, which is as far as I have tested it . It has a 26" barrel which I think helps with getting the 55 grain Boattails up enough speed to be barely stable, which will make them pretty lethal as was the idea in the first 20" 1-12" twist (some say first AR15s did have 1-14 twist but I don't know) ARs. I am reloading with 50-53 grain flat base MAX tho as this is a 300 yard max vermin gun for me. I wonder why a lot of the pre 1970 Remington developed cartridges were hampered by slow twists ? It really hurt the .244 which had to be renamed 6mm Rem because of the slow twist . I don't under stand, these were ballisticians that invented these cartridges. Great news about the easy reforming of the .204 case BTW.

The original Remington factory load was with a 55 gr HP Power Point bullet with a listed MV of 3300fps. (This may be the only load they ever offered, but I'm not sure.) My Rem. M-722 .222 Mag has a 24" barrel with 1/14" twist.

I think when you have a 24-26" barrel with a 1-14" twist Full power loads stabilize military 55 grain ammo ok if muzzle velocity is above 3100 fps. I actually researched it a couple years back and the math worked out it should be stabile to at least 280 yards or something like that. The 1-12" twist was good to 600+ yards as I remember . I was concerned because I started using a custom .223 Remington I had built to accept AR mags back in 84or 85 and switched from an HK 91 and M1A "match" type rifles I used for a few year in early practical rifle matches . The first year I used them I cleaned up locally and won the west coast division with LOTS of objections filed ! The next year others started using modified bolt guns too, but I think that was changed, at least caliber wise the following year. Anyway all the .223 Shilen barrels had 1-12 or 1-14" twists when I first ordered mine, the issue ammo was 55 grain FMJ BT and I was in reserves until 86 .

Anyway all the .223 Shilen barrels had 1-12 or 1-14" twists (which is all Chet Brown used)when I first ordered mine, the issue ammo was 55 grain FMJ BT and I was in reserves until 86 Now my 722 in .222 was rechambered to .223 and seems to o OK with the 55 grain military load with 1-`14" , it does NOT like the Green Tip heavier ammo and they tilt at 100 yards.