220 swift

[Inrut24/7]

 I Was thinking about having a 220 swift made from a 223 barrel,I already thought about a 204 or a 22-250,but would like to have one caliber in a handi that H&R dosnt chamber ,  is it possible and what is a good price quess for the parts and labor?

[McLernon]

Don't know about the pricing on your project but I think a 220 Swift would be great in a 12:1 twist. Normally they employ 24 or 26 inch barrels so ideally your donor barrel should be the 24 bull barrel. Keep us posted--------------------eh!!

Mc

[Inrut24/7]

I have also been considering having a 221 fireball made from a hornet... choices choices

[greg916]

I wonder what the barrel life would be in a swift. They had a reputation of bad throat erosion years ago. I wonder about the steel in the Handi barrels.

I am looking for a crow/groundhog cartridge with a little more "oomph" than my hornet, but want to stay with a rimmed cartridge. The 22-30/30 is just a step below the Swift, wonder how it would do?

[quickdtoo]

Barrel steel of centerfire rifles is 4140 chrome moly, rimfire barrels are 1137.

Tim

[GregP42]

Inrut,

The .220 is doable, and I found out after I got mine back that the .243 extractor (If you have an extractor barrel) will also work. I finally had a chance to shoot mine this weekend. Mine is on the 24" Ultra barrel with 1:12 twist. I had 52gr hollow points cooking at 3800 fps, but the groups were not that great, still have to find the magic load for it. But yet, it works just fine.

Greg

[safetysheriff]

I Was thinking about having a 220 swift made from a 223 barrel,I already thought about a 204 or a 22-250,but would like to have one caliber in a handi that H&R dosnt chamber ,  is it possible and what is a good price quess for the parts and labor?

i've loaded 55 gr' Win' soft-points that a buddy's brother shot through some decent steel plate at the bottom of a pylon down somewhere in W. Va.     no, i didn't load those .220 Swift for that kind of usage, and no i don't recommend it.   but, my buddy says his brother still talks about it at times.    FINE, that shows what a Swift will do; but the .22-250 will cost you less, is easier on barrels by a bit, and is probably less finicky in what loads it likes.   its brass is usually cheaper as well.    if you check 'Swift' spec's for velocity you'll oftentimes see that they are quoted for longer barrels than are quoted with .22-250 ammo'.     Gee, that sounds fair to me!

you may want to look at "Cartridges of the World" to see what they say about the .22-250; and then just ignore the fact that NEF doesn't make a 'Swift'.

take care,

ss'