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220 Swift vs. 22-250 for varmints...Opinions Please
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<blockquote data-quote="tulku" data-source="post: 154831" data-attributes="member: 5203"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>Ok Catshooter,</p><p>I'll bite; What's a 22 G&amp;A?</p><p></p><p>Dave </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>.22-284 - was named after "Guns and Ammo" back when they were a decent magazine - reached 6,300 fps with 19gr Remington bullets - barrel was toast in less than 300 rounds. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] Catshooter , I had forgotten about those G&amp;A Tests . I'm thinking about 50 years ago when the Military was in the early stages of high velocity nose-cone analysis . I believe those Rem bullets were based on sintered technology and were loaded in a rimfire called the Rem. Rocket . I fired a few in those days and they were louder than the usual rimfire cartridges . I still have some in unopened packs . These were flatpacks like Chicklets . I often wondered how much of the short barrel life was due to the velocity and how much was due to the sintered metal bullets .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tulku, post: 154831, member: 5203"] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Ok Catshooter, I'll bite; What's a 22 G&A? Dave [/ QUOTE ] .22-284 - was named after "Guns and Ammo" back when they were a decent magazine - reached 6,300 fps with 19gr Remington bullets - barrel was toast in less than 300 rounds. [/ QUOTE ] Catshooter , I had forgotten about those G&A Tests . I'm thinking about 50 years ago when the Military was in the early stages of high velocity nose-cone analysis . I believe those Rem bullets were based on sintered technology and were loaded in a rimfire called the Rem. Rocket . I fired a few in those days and they were louder than the usual rimfire cartridges . I still have some in unopened packs . These were flatpacks like Chicklets . I often wondered how much of the short barrel life was due to the velocity and how much was due to the sintered metal bullets . [/QUOTE]
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