Savage 22 HiPower

[clodbuster]

Can someone share the lowdown on this cartridge?  Who makes/sells brass and bullets.  Can I reform from another brass?  What powders are good for reloading? Thanks

[Graybeard]

It's a real odd ball. Once relatively popular here but now far more so in Europe than the US. Just going from memory without looking anything up on it I think it uses bullets of .228" diameter and on the heavy side of the .22 caliber range. Maybe up in the high 60s to low or mid 80 grain range? Not sure who still makes bullets for it. Doubt anyone still loads for it here in the US. Seems to me I recall cases can be made from the parent .30-30 case.

Many reloading manuals still show data for it. But not all. You should find data in Cartridges of the World and Ken Water's Pet Loads I'm pretty sure. I'd have to do a bunch of searching to figure out which manuals today have data and not gonna rat now.

[rickyp]

the 22 Savage High- power:
Designed by Charles Newton and intruded by savage in it's model 99 leaver action about 1912. it is known in Europe as the 5.6x52R.
This round has been obsolete in the us since the 1930's
it uses a bullet of 0.228"  the savage high power is based in the25-35 case necked down.

http://www.qual-cart.com/index.html  this company list them as well as the 5.6x52R for $26.97 per 20
for pwders you can try
IMR 4895
IMR 3031
H380
RL-7
IMR4198
with bullet weights from 55 gr to71 gr.

Cartridges of the world 10 Th edition page 108 :grin:

[Savage .250]

Try..........Midway USA.   They may have what you need
 
 " The best part of the hunt is not the harvest but in the experience."

[Varminter]

Midaway does have brass for it. I saw it while i was looking for some 22-250 brass.