1948CJ2A
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Good afternoon. Recently, I purchased a used Remington 722 (circa 1952) chambered in 222 Rem. My intentions with this rifle are to use it for small critters here in Texas. I also will likely let my son use it when he gets a little older; perhaps his first center-fire rifle experience. I already have a 22-250 Sako with a 1-14 twist barrel and I'm pretty certain this model 722 is the same twist, though I will confirm that when the rifle arrives at my FFL. Because of that, I think the sweet spot on the 222 would be 40-50 grain projectiles based on my already stated intentions. I did order a couple of boxes of factory loads tipped with Hornady V-Max 50 gr bullets. I'm not looking for maximum velocities, just accuracy. Obviously, the rifle will play a central part to the accuracy equation.
I've thumbed through half a dozen of my reloading manuals (and some light internet research) trying to figure out the following:
I've thumbed through half a dozen of my reloading manuals (and some light internet research) trying to figure out the following:
- The right powder(s) to try. H322 has come up repeatedly in some of my research, as has H-4198.
- The difference between small rifle primers (ie: Rem 6 1/2 vs 7 1/2; or from what I understand to be small rifle vs small magnum rifle)? Everything I've read says best accuracy was obtained with small mag rifle via Rem 7 1/2.
- I have reloaded 223 Rem for use in AR platform rifles; I'm pretty sure I used the standard small rifle primers and not the magnums but I'd have to double check and see what I even have in my inventory.