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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: jdb on November 09, 2009, 05:34:22 PM

Title: .222 remington mag.
Post by: jdb on November 09, 2009, 05:34:22 PM: i found a .222 remington mag. now i have no desire for a .222 rem mag but could i have it reamed to .22-250? if so how much would it cost?
Title: Re: .222 remington mag.
Post by: runningboard on November 12, 2009, 07:17:02 PM: bolt face is different size so would need more than just rechambering
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Post by: firecrotch on November 12, 2009, 07:22:41 PM: i have a .222 remington mag as well, since they dont sell ammo for it anymore i bought a die for it and started mass reloading for it. about 2 months ago i had it chrono at 3,500 fps with a 50 gr berger match varmint bullet.
Title: Re: .222 remington mag.
Post by: jdb on November 12, 2009, 07:27:11 PM: Quote from: runningboard on November 12, 2009, 07:17:02 PM
bolt face is different size so would need more than just rechambering
thanks for the insight.
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Post by: MHWASH on November 12, 2009, 09:30:31 PM: Your best bet is to leave it as is or buy a different rifle. As firecrotch said it's a handloaders deal.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 12, 2009, 09:37:31 PM: you would pay 3 times what you got the gun for to have everything changed get a new gun
Title: Re: .222 remington mag.
Post by: AWS on November 13, 2009, 10:45:58 PM: If the barrel is still good it's a pretty nice cartridge. Nosler still loads ammo for it and brass is availible from Rem. Depending on barrel length it should get 3800+fps out of 40gr's. It's pretty close match to the 223 AI.

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