.220 swift

Originally Posted By: CramerOriginally Posted By: stormkingOriginally Posted By: Bob_RHey, every one knows the 220 Swift shooters are the coolest guys on the block!
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bob

.....and the chicks will dig you!


That settles it. You guys should have just started with that.

Glad we could help!
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Here's my chick magnet
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FN Safari rebarreled w/ a Lilja #5 1:12
 
Thats pretty slick. I am dreaming up a low gloss walnut stock with a 26" blued fluted barrel. Maybe a 1/12? Built on a savage action. The barrel seems to be the hard part.
 
Originally Posted By: CramerThats pretty slick. I am dreaming up a low gloss walnut stock with a 26" blued fluted barrel. Maybe a 1/12? Built on a savage action. The barrel seems to be the hard part.

I think that you would be well served with a 1/12" twist on your Swift. My current Swift has a 1/14" barrel on it and works with 30 grain up to 55 grain bullets very well. I never take anything larger than prairie dogs with mine so I have no need for a bullet any heavier than 55 grains. And mostly what I shoot in it are 50 grainers and they shoot superb.

If I were to build me another Swift I may opt for the 1/12" barrel in case I ever get the hankering to shoot 60 grain Vmax bullets in it.
 
Here are my pair of a varmints worst nightmare.

The blonde is a custom Mauser in the AI version and the other is a Rem. 40X
The blonde is on her 3rd barrel, the 40X is getting set back next week. I guess if you are going to run hot rods you better be prepared to give em new tires............

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Aaron
 
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Cool guns that you got there, Aaron! I would like to find me a beater with a M700 short action .473 bolt that I could get me a AI Swift barrel made up for. Like I need another toy!

But it would be used for only long range shooting and leave the shorter stuff to my other guns. Sure would be fun to have at the range to impress everyone up there with the chronograph readings, eh?
 
Rustydust: I bought a beater 6mm Rem. about 20 years ago to do that very thing with. But it shot so good and I fell in love with the cartridge to the place that I could never tear it apart to build the Swift.

I have one Swift AI but it was built on a old 03 action with a 7/8" barrel,it shoots great. But I always wanted something that was a little more portable for chuck hunting.

Ended up using the 6mm instead. Maybe some day, I ain't dead yet.
 
Originally Posted By: RustydustCool guns that you got there, Aaron! I would like to find me a beater with a M700 short action .473 bolt that I could get me a AI Swift barrel made up for. Like I need another toy!

But it would be used for only long range shooting and leave the shorter stuff to my other guns. Sure would be fun to have at the range to impress everyone up there with the chronograph readings, eh?

Rusty,

I was contemplating a 9 twist tube when I had the blonde redone last time. Something to shoot the 69 match kings or 75amax's. In my neck of the woods shots over 300 yards don't happen very often. Settled on the 14 twist. The slower twist seems to shoot the lighter bullets better. (in my experience) I really like the 40 grain sierra HP. Shoots wicked accurate out of it. If I can do my part, the rifle will usually do this.

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Aaron
 
That is fine shooting, Aaron. I don't know if I have tried those 40 grain Sierra HP bullets. Got a load for me to try?

But truly, just about par for the course for any .220 Swift. I mean, it seems that most all Swifts will shoot really good groups.. Heck, my first Ruger M77V seemed to want to shoot one hole groups with anything that I put in it. And to think that I traded that gun off! DOH!

It is supposed to be sunny and 40 degrees here tomorrow. Looks like I will have to be going back to the range and shoot my .220 Swift a bit. I never get tired of that gun!
 
Cool ! nice to see some 220 Swift fans. The Swift I shoot is a #5 1/2 taper Hart barreled Rem. short action . Love the accuracy but not the weight. The 220 swift is a tight fit in a short action. If I was to have a new swift built it will be on a long action Remington or Winchester and 25 inch #4 or #3 taper barrel and classic style stock.
 
Cramer, here are some options you may not have cosidered. The Swift is a rimmed case, if you load the mag with the rounds rim behind the previous cartride it won't feed. I have a swift in a Ruger #1. I also have a.22-50 Win Coyote that I had Ackley improved. Holds more powder than the swift and if your in a situation where you need ammo .22-250 ammo works very well and your fire forming at the same time. My coyote shoots a 52 gr hp and a55gr psp under 1/2" at a hundred. Thats the Ackley loads The standard .22-50 loads with a 55 gr psp shoot right at an inch. Another plus for the Ackley is that its a straight wall case withe a 40 degree shoulder, meaning the cases don't grow so there is less trimming involved for the reloader. I hope this info is helpful
 
Originally Posted By: manitscoldhuhCramer, here are some options you may not have cosidered. The Swift is a rimmed case, if you load the mag with the rounds rim behind the previous cartride it won't feed.


You are close as far as the rimmed case goes. It is actually a semi-rim, and in 36 years and thousand of rounds of shooting have never once had a problem with feeding rounds, and I have worked that bolt pretty dang fast a few times.

Trust me, if I this round had ever been problematic for me I would still not be shooting it.
 
As far as I understand if you load the rounds so the rim doesn't catch the case below it you shouldn't have a problem with them feeding.
 
Originally Posted By: CramerAs far as I understand if you load the rounds so the rim doesn't catch the case below it you shouldn't have a problem with them feeding.

You are correct, I have had 2 that were repeaters, they fed and cycled fine when loaded as you described.

Aaron
 
Right in the remington VSSF book it says that if its a 220 swift model you have to load the shells into the magazine farther ahead of the last one and slide it back if that makes sense
 
Originally Posted By: CramerAs far as I understand if you load the rounds so the rim doesn't catch the case below it you shouldn't have a problem with them feeding.
I will say yes and no to that. You can feel a bit of a hitch if that slight semi-rim case over laps the rim of the case below it in the magazine. The stronger the magazine spring the more you can feel it. Not a problem , the rim will hop over the rim of the cartridge below it. I do load the magazine to avoid feeling the hitch. I see no advantage of the 22-250 or Ackley version over the 220 swift. I takes a bunch of gun powder to beat the velocity of the mighty 220 swift by only 100 feet per second. It has been tried many times before. The pain is not near worth the gain. Remember the 220 Weatherby Rocket , 22 Winchester short magnum , 22 Cheeta , 22 Jaybird , Durham Jet ..... or 22 whatever. I read the cover off Ackleys' book. There is limit to case capacity for bore size. The 220 Swift is at the limit of 22 bore size but that is not what makes the old 220 Swift so dang good, it seems magical. It is the combination of accuracy and velocity. It defies the modern rules of short fat case design. Many years ago I've talked with accuracy gunsmiths like Kenny Jarret and Harold Broughton that have built and test fired may rifles. They will sing the praises of the inherent accuracy of the great 220 Swift. Nothing wrong with the 22-250 , it just not as good as the 220 Swift.
 


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