220 Swift

The 220 Swift. The best of the factory 22 varmint calibers. Don’t listen to all the rubbish published about how bad the Swift is. It is no worse to load for than any other cartridge. Period! You might hear some people saying that the Swift is not as good as the 22-250 Remington. I do not think that is true at all. Given the same standard of rifle – same quality action and barrel – the Swift will always outperform the 22-250 in the velocity department, and shoot just as accurately.

The following loads were developed in a SAKO AII HB. Federal 210 primers and Remington brass. All are 5 shots at 100 yards. Leupold 6.5 – 20 X.

POWDER

BULLET

VELOCITY

GROUP

 

 

 

 

NORMA FACTORY

DIFFERENT LOT THAN ABOVE

50

 

50

3904

 

3728

0.647

 

0.728

43.0 RELOADER 15

SPEER 40

4048

0.947

40.0 IMR 4064

NORMA 50

3693

1.009

37.9 RELOADER 12

BRAWAND 52

3442

0.991

39.0

 

3560

1.013

39.0 RELOADER 15

MATCH KING 52

3583

0.776

40.0

 

3707

0.885

41.0

 

3787

0.673

42.0

 

3910

1.090

40.0 RELOADER 12

 

3703

0.874

41.0

 

3752

1.433

40.0 IMR 4064

 

3715

0.700

41.0

 

3741

0.473

43.0 H380

 

3602

0.869

44.0

 

3707

1.546

41.7

BRUNO 52

3650

0.840

42.4

 

3740

1.014

43.1

 

3770

0.344

43.7

 

3808

0.730

44.1

 

3814

1.297

36.5 H4895

 

3688

0.525

38.0 VVN150

BERGER 52

3563

0.873

38.7

 

3637

0.738

39.5

 

3689

0.695

40.0

 

3749

0.823

40.6

 

3789

0.489

41.0

 

3818

0.490

41.5

 

3868

0.746

35.5 H335

 

3586

0.731

36.2

 

3774

0.818

41.1 H380

SIERRA 60 HP

3409

0.496

42.1

 

3449

0.958

42.8

 

3546

0.611

40.0 H414

SIERRA 60 HP

3268

0.756

41.3

 

3395

0.842

 

 

The following data was developed in a REMINGTON 40X SS, # 060010B. Federal 210M primers and NORMA brass. All are 5 shots at 100 yards.

   

POWDER

BULLET

VELOCITY

GROUP

NORMA FACTORY

50

3810

0.639

40.0 H380

BRAWAND 52

3536

0.727

40.7

 

3617

0.440

41.3

 

3697

0.412

42.0

 

3777

0.504

37.0 VVN 140

 

3658

0.428

37.5

 

3694

0.680

38.0

 

3777

0.576

36.0 RELOADER 15

 

3555

0.246

36.5

 

3598

0.516

37.1

 

3610

0.498

37.7

 

3690

0.291

38.2

 

3718

0.330

38.8

 

3813

0.246

39.5

 

3850

0.469

40.0

 

3951

0.297

37.0 RELOADER 12

 

3581

0.495

38.0

 

3673

0.695

39.0

 

3778

0.859

37.0

BERGER 45

3741

0.346

38.0

 

3824

0.441

39.0

 

3924

0.376

40.0

 

3978

0.562

41.0 RELOADER 15

 

4217

0.580

42.0

 

4297

0.617

 

The following data was developed in another 40X. It had a 27” barrel and a Weaver 4-16 scope in Leupold mounts. All groups are 5 shots at 100 yards. We used Norma brass and RWS primers.

 

POWDER

VELOCITY

GROUP

BULLET

 

 

 

35 BERGER MEF

43.0 VVN 135

4871

1.234

 

44.0

4977

1.067

 

45.0 VVN 540

4811

0.534

 

46.0

4902

0.764

 

47.0

4995

0.542

 

48.0

5046

0.775

 

43.0 H 4895

4786

0.578

 

41.0 H 335

4480

0.478

 

42.0

4613

1.083

 

43.0

4697

0.853

 

44.0

4863

0.896

 

42.0 VARGET

4256

0.796

 

44.0

4469

0.434

 

45.0

4535

0.617

 

 

The following data was developed in a Remington 40X rifle with a 27 inch barrel.

Powder

Velocity

Group

Bullet

Loaded Length

 

 

 

 

 

42.0 BL-C 2

4193

0.759

Hornady V-Max 40

2.680

43.0

4296

0.831

 

 

44.0

4432

0.591

 

 

43.0 W 748

4509

0.592

 

 

44.0

4633

0.836

 

 

45.0

4742

0.816

 

 

43.0 Varget

4344

0.677

 

 

44.0

4413

0.628

 

 

45.0

4458

0.755

 

 

42.0 Reloader 12

4375

0.458

 

 

43.0

4462

1.137

 

 

44.0

4585

0.835

 

 

45.0

4700

0.556

 

 

37.0 H 335

4174

0.685

Hornady V-Max 35

2.535

38.0

4213

0.590

 

 

39.0

4340

0.742

 

 

40.0

4483

0.845

 

 

41.0

4586

0.540

 

 

42.0

4690

0.786

 

 

37.0 Reloader 15

3797

0.518

 

 

38.0

3953

0.435

 

 

39.0

4084

0.494

 

 

40.0

4287

0.759

 

 

41.0

4397

0.496

 

 

42.0

4608

1.094

 

 

43.0

4784

2.086

 

 

44.0

4895

2.168

 

 

42.0 H 414

3979

0.478

 

 

43.0

4116

0.902

 

 

44.0

4298

0.881 

 

 

45.0

4426

1.128

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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