Anyone ditching .22 for CF

[flint45]

Just baught a .22 hornet instead of .22 mag cant hardly find it!

[JWNathan]

Does anybody make a lightweight .223 bolt action with sights for a reasonable price nowadays? I've long been enamored with the idea of having a .223 bolt action with a receiver sight like my lever actions, loaded with boolits to hot .22 Hornet power level.

I've keep on eyeing the Zastava mini Mausers at my local (Tualatin OR) Cabela's, they have probably 6-8 of them over in front of the gun library with the used long guns. They are new and are $299.99. Not exactly cheap but are pretty cool, have regular rifle sights but maybe some tinkering could produce a nice appature sight that would work. My only complaint about them is I wish the bolt handle was a touch larger around, it's small, hell the whole action is small!
-Jesse

[FergusonTO35]

Hmm, I didn't know those were still being imported.

[Southerngunner]

I still love my .22 but I put it away for a while , shooting .38 special now and it's pretty affordable. Will get back into the 22 once prices come back down to earth.

As soon as I couldn't replace the 22s that I shot I have been shooting handloads with bullets that I cast. When the ammo becomes available locally at normal prices I will once again start shooting rimfires.

[Markbo]

I still have several cases of .22 ammo, besides what I have purchased this year. If not for .22 I couldn't afford to shoot a fraction of the amount I can with it.

[FergusonTO35]

Im going to shoot my Marlin 1894 with .38's tomorrow to get warmed up for deer hunting. Fun times!

[happie2shoot]

Hope this is ok,

http://www.accuratereloading.com/223rem.html

Reduced Loads for 223 REMINGTON
The following loads were developed in a Sako S491 rifle, with a 22" barrel. All groups were 3 shots at 50 yards. We used RWS primers in Winchester brass for all our testing.

POWDER	VELOCITY	GROUP	BULLET
4.0 GREEN DOT	1407	0.616	45 REMINGTON SP
4.3	1533	0.710
4.6	1605	0.930
4.9	1661	0.815
5.2	1735	0.392
5.5	1809	0.453
5.8	1859	0.518
6.1	1928	0.436
6.4	2015	0.482
4.0 RED DOT	1482	0.425
4.3	1566	0.504
4.6	1614	1.160
4.9	1684	0.406
5.2	1765	0.241
5.5	1837	0.352
5.8	1893	0.602
6.1	1960	0.656
6.4	2004	0.245
4.0 HP 38	1446	0.837
4.3	1520	0.477
4.6	1583	0.632
4.9	1654	0.427
5.2	1711	0.372
5.5	1801	0.463
5.8	1859	0.166
6.1	1933	0.350
6.4	1976	0.264
6.7	2052	0.484
4.0 POWER PISTOL	1437	1.310
4.3	1512	0.362
4.6	1605	0.319
4.0	1663	0.470
5.2	1716	0.502
5.5	1776	0.591
5.8	1858	0.597
6.1	1903	0.322
6.4	1970	0.544
6.7	2041	0.325

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Last updated February15th. 2001

[happie2shoot]

This is good for cheap cf 22, for those that don't cast,

eight cents each
.224 Diameter 55 Grain Soft

http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.co...int-2000-Count

Six to seven grains of 700x or bullseye can be good in a 223 rem, seven grains gets close to 2000fps in a 223 rem.

Shame on you if you don't cast.