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    Posted: 27 July 2020 at 09:05
If someone is interested in a sub 22 center fire rifle...don't know why!  But seems the 17 cal and the 20 cal are the options.  And there seems to be dozens of specific cartridges for each diameter .

Which would be better 17 or 20 cal?

any thoughts.
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I shoot a .204R. Recoil nil & is accurate & lets u see hit in scope most times. Cuz lite recoil.
Never used a ,17 cal 'cept a Daisy BB gun.
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seems good cartridge.  Based upon the 222 mag, does it make a louder report than the 223?
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Lizard and IBD make very good examples of the 204.
 Which is a very good round equal in performance ,maybe a little better, to the 22/250 up to about 45 gr bullets.
Then you gota look at my son and his 17k hornet.
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It's going to be hard to put your 222 down.


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My varminting has been with 22 LT, 22 RFMag, 17 HMR, 222 rem, 22-250 and 243..

There is a small gap in there.

But as you say the triple duce seems to cover a all  bases.  I think of it as a 200 yard, red mist gun, but I have hit PDs at 610 and 403 yards....not on the first shot but DRT.

Friend is leaving his house for a few weeks, I keep an eye on it for him.  Only 7 remote acres, secluded, but still in suburbs.  He is over run with ground hogs and his wife doesn't like killing.  So when they are gone, I plan to 'thin out' the coons and groundhogs.  This will work out nice with wife recuping, and keep me close to home.
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I've seen your .222. I've seen you shoot a prairie dog at around 400 yards with your .222. 

You are going to have a hard time improving on your .222.

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Limited usage for the littler cartridges. They do very well for what they are intended for but for most hunters who haven't the time to pursue the game as much as others, they are a hard sell. I did however notice a small gap between the 22 and .243...hmmmm.....maybe a new fangled @#$%...for another thread I think.
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Jsg  that would be a 23 cal.  never heard of one.  Maybe call it the 230 Bear, based upon a 222/223.
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Not to change the subject, but....

I never understood why the .222 is better than a .223. 

The .223 has more case capacity and should shoot the same bullets faster with no noticable difference in muzzle blast or recoil etc. 

But it seems like the .222 is just right. I think it's inherrantly more accurate and evidently is the right combination.

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hey Wingmaster, here are some places to find answers to your ?
Jul 28, 2008 - 223 Easy to find ammo. I'm not sure what the point of the .222 is. .223 is a faster and harder hitting rd. accoring to ballistic charts ...
Dec 28, 2011 - Accuracy will be an absolute must and I have heard that the 222 Rem has an advantage over the 223 in the accuracy category. What are your ...
Feb 14, 2018 - While the .222 Remington was the undisputed accuracy king for quite ... As it turns out according to the Federal web site ballistics calculator, ...
Dec 22, 2010 - 050 longer than the 222223 has a shorter neck than the 222 and a correspondingly longer body. 223 will give you about 200-300 fps with the same bullet over the 222222 has a well-deserved reputation for accuracy, earned on the rifle ranges of the world.
223 was produced the popularity of the round began to fade in America, but the .222 is still used in other countries around the world. The sport of bench rest ...
223 Remington. While the .222 Remington is rarely found in current production in America, its derivative cartridges are among the most popular in the world. In ...
Mar 29, 2019 - The .222 Remington enjoyed the accuracy crown from 1950 to the early ... With that, and the popularity and availability of the military surplus .223 ammunition, the .222 Remington began a slow fade off the stage. ... The .222 will give excellent hunting ballistics out t


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222  vs  223

 

There is really little difference between the two cartridges.  The 223 is slightly larger, because the military geniuses that came up with it didn't want have it said that they picked a cartridge that was made for shooting 5 pound groundhogs.  The 223 is a tad larger, giving possibly more velocity; but not significantly more.

 

The real difference lies in the respective rifles that use these cartridges.  The 222 is mainly made in bolt rifles, while the 223 is mainly made in the AR or MSR.  The 223 was a poor choice for the military; but some dude had a bug and wanted a .22 caliber.  Personally, I'd have gone with a 222 mag opened up to 6mm.

 

Because the original 5.56 was a poor choice; they increased the bullet weight up to 62gr for better penetration.  and that leads to the reason the 222 and 223 are so different in rifles.  Most 223 rifles have rifling made to fire a 62 or large bullet.  Most 222 rifles are made with rifling to fire 45-55 grain bullets.  Heavier bullet, less velocity.

In addition most 5.56 rifles MSR have short barrels  (18") so again velocity drops.  While most bolt 222 rifles have longer 22-24 inch tubes.  For a shot time Remington did make a M700 with a 24" barrel and 1:14 rifling, an SP model; that model did give more performance than the same rifle in 222 rem but still not as much as the 222 rem magnum. Military 5.56 Nato is also loaded to higher pressures than the 222/223, to again give more performance.

 

So when comparing 223 and 222 one must consider the rifles in which they are fired.

 

The main reason to adopt a 223 round was that the average soldier fired the light recoiling 223 MUCH better than the then mil round, the 308.  And that certainly is important.  Hitting an enemy with a groundhog cartridge is mush better than missing an enemy with an elk cartridge. 


So it isn't necessarily the 222 is more accurate that the 223; it is that most rifles for the 222 rem are more accurate that MSR and 223 rifles made to shoot 62 grain bullets. 

 



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Good review Bear. 

That makes sense. 

Their are a few AR's that are accurate, but they require a Kingpin work over. 

I have an AR but never have tried to shoot groups with it. I assume it wouldn't be as accurate as any bolt gun I have. 

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Wing,
  I too thought that AR-15's couldn't shoot as well as a bolt action.  Several years back at the range a friend had one in 223 that I shot.  It was a heavy barreled Rock River and a shooter.  Around that same time at the range another guy was shooting an AR in 204R.  It was a shooter too.  That's when I knew I wanted one.  That was when all guns and components were tight so I bought parts over the next year and built one with the help of a friend (part time gunsmith).  I selected .204 Ruger as the caliber with a heavy stainless Schilen  select match barrel with a Rock River trigger and various other parts.
  When working uploads I was able to shoot a 3 shot 3/4" group at 300 yards.  That rifle shoots as good as my Savage Model 12 bolt action in .204.
   Last week I had the barrels of both 204's threaded for one of my suppressors, which finally got. Suppressed rifles are REALLY NICE to shoot for less recoil (to see the hit) and less sound.  No need for ear protection.
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I shoot one of KP's  well worked ARs.  very nice shooter, good groups at 100 yards.  But as KP says, the secret to keep them shooting/cycling is 'shoot 'em wet'.  lots of oil.

Some ARs are accurate, but you will never see them in bechrest competition...they just don't make the grade. Especially with the direct impingement design.  that syphons off pressure at varying rates; just isn't the consistency required for super accuracy.  If I wanted an accurate AR, might think of getting a short stroke piston model.  As Lizard says, with work, an AR might shoot as well as an out of the box Savage..  The AR design has a purpose; and the desin requirement was not for an accurate rifle, BUT for a light recoiling rifle that the average GI could shoot more accurately and with full auto capability.

Going back to the Op, my 222 rem in out of the box with just a trigger adjustment.  It shoots 10 shot groups under 3/4 inch (100 yds).  I'm sure the rifle could do better, unfortunately with my eyes, muscle response, etc  I can't do it.

Maybe it is time for another postal shoot,  .22 or smaller  only????


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Hey, the 23 cal is history--and it accounted for lions, tigers, cape buffalo and a whole lot of whitetails and mule deer.  I'm speaking of the (.228) Savaqe 22 Hipower, which sent a 70gr pill downrange at about 2850 ft/sec.  You can get the same performance out of the 70gr Speer .224 semi-spitzer, which at those speeds is an identical performer in the 222; not the best accuracy given the rate of twist of most 222's, but at least as accurate as the Savage, the "Imp".  Not legal for deer in my state, and mine was pretty well shot out, so I got it bored out to 25-35, which had the same parent case.
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Hmmm....maybe a 218 Bee necked down to 17? Kinda like the 17 Hornet on roids.

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Arout 10 years ago, I ordered a BRNO for import in 22 hi-power.  In a years wait, they said they could ship same rifle in 222 rem, so I took it.  Terrible rifle, they didn't machine a cut for an extractor.  So one shot and then a cleaning rod.

$150 worth of machining and I had a wimpy extractor, and a rifle that couldn't group 6 inches.

Sold it at a gun show, a one of a kind.

Always think it was a 22 Hi-power curse!
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