New to 22 CM Questions

[ici75]

Very much a newb to this caliber. Was in SD for a week and, well, they talked me into getting one before I come back next time. After some research, I'm looking at OMRifles Tikka T3X barreled action. All I'll "have" to add is chassis to complete. Seems reasonable, compared. Haven't' found anything too negative about them.

My current questions are: For 200-600yd yotes, is 20" barrel enough? I will suppress so trying to not be too long. Second, order 7 or 8 twist? Also, seems best to order a 5/8x24 to use beefier cans. Will I have to do anything to magazine to feed correctly? They ship with 6.5 CM mag.

 

[bsnyder]

20 inch is fine. 8 twist if you run the 75-80 grain bullets. In a 20 you should be at about 3200fps. I run 88's in my wife's 26 inch gun at 3270.

 

[Olekz]

What he said…. . I had the same questions.

 

[bsnyder]

I didn't answer the mag question your are fine with that mag it ships with we run metal mdt, poly magpul mags and never had a feeding issues. It's one of my favorite rifles. I'm building a 20 inch for my self. Unless I end up getting a 22 gt. The wife shot two antelope with it this year, 1 and 117 yards the other at 349. I attached the pictures of damage. The lung picture is at 349.

 

[CjC73]

I run a 24" 22creed. It's the rifle in the picture. Shot that deer with a 80.5 grain berger fullbore at about 3400, was dead within 10 yards of where it was shot. This year I went to a 77 grain TMK at 3550. Dropped a buck where he stood at 140 yards. Pictures below, no exit but entrance in the cavity was huge.

Mine feeds from a standard SA Hawkins Hunter mag with no modifications to the feed lips.

I love this rifle, but don't tell the guy who talked me into building one LOL

Edited: Mine is 7 twist

 

[bsnyder]

88 wasn't fur friendly at 320 yards. Hit him farther forward than I wanted but he was very very dead.

 

[quigley257]

I built my 22CM as a 1/7 twist for shooting the 95gr SMKs, which it did extremely well. It did however have a tendency to blow up lighter bullets due to the extremely high RPMs. I built my brothers as a 1/8 twist and it shoots everything up to 88ELDMs very well. My rifle was put into an MDT LSS-XL G2 chassis and used the MDT metal mag. Feeding and function are flawless with this combination. We built my brothers into a KRG Bravo chassis which also feeds from AICS mags. Both rifles were built from S/A Rem 700s. It's a fun caliber with the heavier bullets, but I have since moved on to 6mm with mine. Good luck with your project. It should make a fine Yote rifle.

 

[Varmint Hunter]

I built my 22 Creed with a 7.5 twist Bartlein. So far, it hasn't blown up any bullets from the 65 Sierra to the 85.5 Bergers. I'm currently running the 85.5 Bergers at about 3,250fps with H1000 in SRP Alpha cases. The 80.5 FB Bergers shoot very well with RE17 and have single digit SDs. I keep them at 3,300fps but higher velocities may be possible in the 26" tube.