muskrat7387
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Does anyone have a reduced load for the 221 firball ? I will be shooting 55 fmj out of a Remington 700 classic.thanks
221 fireball reduced load
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How reduced do you need them to be? What will you be loading these for?
muskrat7387
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I would like to reduce them to be like a 22mag if even possible. I will be hunting squirrel with it.
Funny you say this. I was thinking about doing the same thing with something like an old 722 Remington in .222 just for fun. Be neat to squirrel hunt with a centerfire since rimfire is hard to find and is getting expensive. I was looking into something like what you are talking about. Hodgon lists 4grns of Trail Boss with a 55gr bullet going 1074fps but that is in a .223 REM, doesn't list any info for .221 reduced loads.
muskrat7387
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The 222 is a fun one to shot squirrel with i shot 14gr of imr4895 in my 700 bdl and tikka 512s. I Get very good results.
Ha I might have to find me a nice 722 or 700 standard weight barrel for squirrels haha. I mean my .22 Savage is awesome on squirrels (and yotes haha) but I think it would be cool to do it with a triple deuce! What bullet did you use and what was your velocity?
muskrat7387
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My dad come up with that load in the 70's and we have always went by it never did check velocities on them..but if u think that's something we used to reduce are 243win 80 fmj to do the same thing nothing funnner than hunting squirrel with a center fire to get ready for deer season. What part of wv u live in? I live in Nicholas county.
muskrat7387
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The bullet we used was hornday BT fmj...
Haha that's a smart idea! Nice to see a fellow Mountaineer! I hale from Hancock County at the tip top of the state.
