22 ARC has knocked my socks off!

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FlySlanger

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So I just converted my 16” 223 to a 22 ARC and I am absolutely blown away how good this thing shoots. I bought a ballistic advantage 16” 22 ARC barrel in Black Friday for only $170 and was worried because it was the same barrel as my 223 which only shot 1.5 moa at best. I got to take the first few shots through this thing, about 35 rounds yesterday after a dove hunt. And was amazed that I was able to shoot a five shot group around .65”, the glory of modern calibers I suppose. With the high BC of the 62 grain ELD-VT and the factory v-match load being chrono’d around 3100 fps out of 16” barrels. This is all the performance I ever wanted out of this gun and more. My only complaint is the factory ammo is extremely gassy with this Turbo-K can, I think it might be time for a flowthrough can of some sort. Wish I took a picture of some of those groups.

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You'll have to report back when you shot a yote. I'm hearing not so great things on the 62 grain ELD-VT bullet when it impacts. I've bought just about everything I need to build my first 22 ARC upper and I'm deciding on bullets to reload.
 
I built a 6 arc just like that with a 16" faxon/brownells barrel and it shoots very similar. I have found that 75's and 105" both shoot really well so far.
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Shots trajectory wise need to be longer than 350 yards to see any performance advantage (less drop) over the factory 223 53gr vmax superformance ammo. And its cheaper.
 
MPFD said:
If you reload, it all costs the same...
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I don't know much, really anything about the 22arc, but I would bet it uses more powder, and unless you can make the brass out of something else, brass is probably quite pricey.

I don't think new cartridges are any better than old ones, the difference is in the barrel.
 
22 ARC can be made from 6.5 Grendel brass. Just run in through a 22 ARC die. The same cannot be said about the 6 ARC though..
 
I looked it up, 22arc brass from Midsouth on sale for 83 cents a piece. I'll stick with my 223, all the brass I could ever use is just laying on the ground.
 
Lazer32 said:
22 ARC can be made from 6.5 Grendel brass. Just run in through a 22 ARC die. The same cannot be said about the 6 ARC though..
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6 ARC can be made from the 6.5 Grendel too, but you have to push the shoulders back, and trim the extra off the neck, about 50 thou if I remember right. I was into the 6 ARC right away, & brass & ammo were hard to come by. I found Lapua Grendel brass in stock & worked my magic.
 
It's like any other cartridge choice. For some the juice is worth the squeeze, for some it's not.

I don't think this cartridge was really designed for your average coyote caller shooting less than 200 yards. This cartridge shines for shooting long for caliber bullets at 400-700 yards from an ar15.
 
I went back and checked my data. I have a custom 223 bolt action thats throated so I can load long. I'm sending 75eldm's at 2750fps. The factory 22 arc out of a ruger american 20" barrel is averaging 2980fps and fits in an ar mag.
 
Just started my 22 ARC build now that ammo and brass seems available.

I went with a Ballistic Advantage 18" SS barrel and just received a 200-round case of the 88gr ELD-Match.

Look forward to getting my first coyote with the build.
 
I went with a 18” 1-8 twist Liberty barrel on my 22 ARC. Seems to wwant to shoot, but I got cut short when I had to leave for work again. Got a Garmin Xero delivered yesterday so I can get some data on the loads that are sitting in my load block waiting patiently. Hopefully something will shoot good tomorrow afternoon so I can throw the thermal on and head out tomorrow night.
 
Well, here’s the skinny on my setup. From the 18” barrel I got an average of 3250 fps with 32.0 gr of Leverevolution and the 62 gr ELD-VT. Not quite the velocity I was after, but it shoots quite nice on paper. Going to take it out in the morning, got home too late to zero the thermal, and see what transpires. Hopefully a big dog will come see what all the commotion is about. 😉
 
Rich1 said:
Well, here’s the skinny on my setup. From the 18” barrel I got an average of 3250 fps with 32.0 gr of Leverevolution and the 62 gr ELD-VT. Not quite the velocity I was after, but it shoots quite nice on paper. Going to take it out in the morning, got home too late to zero the thermal, and see what transpires. Hopefully a big dog will come see what all the commotion is about. 😉
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Is this a bolt gun or gas gun?
 


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