picked up a remington 722 in 222

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davejohnson3

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anyone know an aproximate value of this rifle? they good shooters? picked one up from an old timer that works for us in 222. looks like a nice gun, long barrel on it too. planning on using it for fox and yotes. anyone have one?
 
Go to websites like gunsamerica.com or gunbroker.com and take a look. Some of the guns there are, IMO, overpriced. I've seen a few locally that go from $300 to $500 depending on the condition.

The best shooting sporter rifle I've ever owned was a 722 in 222. Back in the 60's I put down a bunch of coyotes and bobcats with mine before a so called friend stole it from me.

One thing, [beeep]. Sierra makes the Blitz (not Blitzking), Hornady makes the SX and Speer makes the TNT pretty much for cartridges like the 222 in order to deliver more shock at lower velocities. I had a number of animals run off before going with the Sierra Blitz. I liked to keep the range under about 175 yards.

For a lot of years I've wished that I still had that rifle.
 
That's a great find! Should be a good shooter with a good cleaning and some decent reloads.
Like all the really good small cal's, Remmy quit chambering rifles in 222 so I built my own out of a cheap SPS in 223.
Turned out to be a nice little sporter.
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Shoots pretty good too.
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Hard to beat the tried and true deuce.
Enjoy.
 
thanks guys, i brushed the barrel and ran a bunch of patches with hoppes, man it was dirty. patches started coming out clean so i hope she is set to go. picked up some remington 50 grain power lokt hollow points to run through er for now. aparently they are pretty accurate
 
Actually, you also need to remove the copper fouling in the barrel. Get some Wipe Out or similar product and let the barrel soak for a while. Then run a few patches through it until they come out clean. Repeat the process until you don't get any more blue on the patch. After using the Wipe Out I sometimes go back and clean for carbon. Surprising what comes out.

Sometimes people will sell a rifle that they think won't shoot anymore. They clean with Hoppes 9 and brush the barrel but never think about copper fouling.
 
Originally Posted By: pk1Actually, you also need to remove the copper fouling in the barrel. Get some Wipe Out or similar product and let the barrel soak for a while. Then run a few patches through it until they come out clean. Repeat the process until you don't get any more blue on the patch. After using the Wipe Out I sometimes go back and clean for carbon. Surprising what comes out.

Sometimes people will sell a rifle that they think won't shoot anymore. They clean with Hoppes 9 and brush the barrel but never think about copper fouling.

Hoppe's #9 removes copper.
 
Originally Posted By: davejohnson3thanks guys, i brushed the barrel and ran a bunch of patches with hoppes, man it was dirty. patches started coming out clean so i hope she is set to go. picked up some remington 50 grain power lokt hollow points to run through er for now. aparently they are pretty accurate

Wet brush it hard to start, then use patches wet with Hoppe's #9 or other good solvent, like KG-12.

Once you have the original brushing done, don't waste time with brushes, as each time you run a brush through a clean barrel, it leaves a trace of brass in the barrel, and then next patch looks like the barrel is dirty, and you start over again - so brush hard to start, then only use wet patches to finish - they will eventually come out clean.

For really dirty rifles, use chamber plugs:

http://www.midwayusa.com/find?userSearchQuery=chamber+plugs

Put the plug in the chamber, stand the rifle in it's butt, and fill the barrel with a non-corrosive bore cleaner for a few hours to a day or two.


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I've had one for about 10 years bought it used. It's the most accurate gun that I own. I've ran rel 7, h322 and imr 4198 behind 50 grain vmax's. They all shot well
 
I have had several 222s, 40 nosler ballistic tips and one of the 4198s is all you need. Is yours one of the earlier ones with the 26 inch barrel or one of the later with the 24?
 
From the Hoppes website:

"If you been shooting with copper jacketed bullets, you'll need to use Hoppe's Bench Rest 9. Bench Rest 9 has been specially formulated to cut copper, as well as lead and any other build up in the barrel."

I've found that Hoppe's 9 Bench Rest works too slow to suit me so I like to use a product like Wipe Out and get the job done. Sweets is much faster but can damage the barrel.
 
I recently picked up a 722 in .222, it has the 26 inch barrel. Is there an advantage/disadvantage to this long barrel? I was only casually interested in the gun, but the action was so smooth I couldn't put it down and just had to make room for it.
 
I really like the .222. Mine is kinda shop built, but works fine. I prefer it to the .223...I know that sounds stupid, but I do. Less noise, less recoil (some) and nice long neck. Just a nice cartridge.

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