.220 Redline (22 Saum)

[TXAoudadKlr]

Came across this write up on a 22SAUM and thought it was interesting to say the least. It will cook barrels but I bet with as much capacity as it has you could run some slower powders to tame it down and run at lower pressures with outstanding velocities

Thought about some other applications out side of using it as a coyote/varmint. Be a great antelope/deer round too with in reason and paired with a TTSX would easily bore a hole through a hog. Looking at some rough numbers running an 80gr ELD at 3700 shows a little over 4moa of drop to 500 with a 100 yard zero. Granted I speculate that might be conservative who knows, I'm very interested to see what the final performance numbers are.

http://coyotestuff.com/the-220-redline-aka-22-saum-part-1/

 

[Predator 22]

And I thought the 22-6mm and 223wssm where hard on barrels!

 

[TXAoudadKlr]

Yeah I thought doing a 6 Saum would be hard on barrels.

 

[.30US]

I saw that same article on the Redline and was thinking it looked like fun. I figured a no taper 28-30" barrel blank would be a good start, set it back every 1,000-1,500 rounds as needed, and you have a usable barrel for quite a while out of one blank. I'm not going to invest in the reamer and gauges unless I can get at least one buddy interested, too.