Author Topic: Savage Model 24 O/U in 222 Rem / 20 Gauge (Read 1431 times)

Rogmatt · « **on:** March 06, 2006, 12:16:44 PM »

Anyone have much experience with the 222. I am buying this gun as I found a good deal on it.

Chuck White · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2006, 12:36:23 PM »

Rogmatt

This is a pretty good combo!

I've got 2 brothers that each have one and neither of them would even think of parting with them!

I think it would be a great rifle & shotgun for hunting varmints & predators!

The 222 should be good to at least 200 yards and the shotgun should be good to 50 yards with heavy loads!

I had a friend in South Dakota who had one and he had the rifle reamed to 223 Remington! Just gave him a little edge!

During deer season you may even take it along with a 55 grain bullet in the rifle and a good slug load in the shotgun barrel!

PeterF. · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2006, 03:11:11 AM »

I like the "ream it out to .223" idea. Not that there's anything wrong with the .222, per-se. It's just that one of the purposes of the whole shotgun/rifle combo is that it's a reasonably inexpensive way to cover a variety of shooting possibilities. And the .223 is just more readily/cheaply available than .222. If you reload or otherwise don't care about that, the .222 is a perfectly OK round, at least fully equal, ballistically, to the .223.

Rogmatt · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2006, 03:15:07 AM »

Also, I have heard of many folk reaming their 222 to 223. I figure the saving in ammo over time would pay the gunsmithing costs, but ruin the value maybe. Any thoughts?? What would the expected gunsmithing cost be?

kyote · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2006, 05:32:53 AM »

I just don't see the need to rechamber that rifle.the .222 rem is fine.and and inherently accurate round.unless you are shooting thousands of rounds a year.the diff is the cost of .223 verse .222 will be nill.but thats up to you.and if I did go through the trouble..it would be an ackley .223 improved.

hogwild_444 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 13, 2006, 06:35:08 AM »

Being a break-open single shot I doubt you'll do enough shooting to justify the smith work. Enjoy the combo to it's fullest.

Larry Gibson · « **Reply #6 on:** March 13, 2006, 09:24:04 AM »

Quote from: PeterF.

I like the "ream it out to .223" idea. Not that there's anything wrong with the .222, per-se. It's just that one of the purposes of the whole shotgun/rifle combo is that it's a reasonably inexpensive way to cover a variety of shooting possibilities. And the .223 is just more readily/cheaply available than .222. If you reload or otherwise don't care about that, the .222 is a perfectly OK round, at least fully equal, ballistically, to the .223.

I've had a 24V since '70 and reamed it to .223 when I got it. As you can't set the barrel back you end up with a small ring on the fired .223 cases where the shoulder of the .222 was. It doesn't bother anything though. The big thing to remember is the 24V .222 has a1-14" twist. This will give minimal stabilization to M193 type 5.56 ammo. In mine accuracy is best when it is 75+ degrees out. Best is in the 3 MOA area. At 40 degrees or less accuracy really goes south with bullets starting to yaw and tumble at 25 yards. Forget shooting any of the heavier bullets that 55 gr. I didn't/don't shoot much surplus through mine. However it really loves the 55 gr Hornady SX over 26 gr H335. This is a deadly varmint load. The old Speer 55 gr FMJ over 16 gr H4227 at 2073 fps is a nice gouse load. A cast 225415 over 4 gr Bullseye runs 1500 fps and is a nice small game load.

Larry Gibson