An older fellow I know is wanting to sell some of his rifles.
He has a Rem 700 in 222 mag. BDL, 20" barrel. Nice condition, nice stick of wood. Very early rifle, serial number 11xxx.
He has a couple hundred factory fired cases he shot, with it.
Any idea of a value? He said he would rather sell reasonable to someone who would use the rifle. That sounds like it could be me!!

Without having gun in hand, Id think $700 to $800 give or take a hundred dollar bill..

I have learned in the past is a rifle (or anything else) is only worth what you can sell it for !!!

Ask high, you can always go lower and the buyer THINKS he is getting a bargain!

Hip

Just came home with it. I told him to give me a number. He said $450, so it's here with me now.

Good buy. Got brass ? It ain't cheap.

https://www.midwayusa.com/prod...021418246?pid=438311

He had 10 boxes of factory loads he had shot and a set of dies. He was going to get someone to load for him, but never did. He had it all boxed with the rifle.
It is nice to see brass is available though.

Screamin' deal !

I believe that you can make the brass out of .204 Ruger brass!

Hip

I have some 204 brass kicking around. I am curious myself.

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Originally posted by Hipshoot:
I believe that you can make the brass out of .204 Ruger brass!

Hip

Yes, same basic case. Neck it up and push the shoulder back to fit the 222 RM chamber, load and fire. - dan

I had a .222 mag in a 700 and it was excellent. very accurate and shot a wagonload of groundhogs with it. Wish I had it back.

Mine was a Sako L461.
Couldn't find brass to save my ass.
Loaded and shot those first 100 cases just over 60 times each, yes true figure.
Barrel gave up the fine accuracy.

Soon after, one Monday morning I found three 30 gallon trash cans running overfull of .223 brass.
From a three day LEO shooting match.

While trying to figure out how to load one up. Another guy showed up and I told him: "IF you will help me load one up, I will help you load another and we can just leave the third for someone else" "deal!".

Later I sold the mag brass to a guy that had just built a Contender and couldn't find any brass. I explained the brass's usage and if he wanted them I would send them. He was tickled after loading and shooting some. My load had always been 55gr C/L, 25gr 4895, CCI caps.

At the end: I had 95 cases, I had crushed two in the press, lost two in the prairie dog fields and ONE had a split neck. Amazing use from Rem brass.

George

Anybody can buy a gun but buying it right is the hard part.. An old worn out pre 64 in a rare caliber is worth the price of the action, a nice clean one in a rare caliber is worth its weight in gold. Something a lot of folks haven't figured out, condition reigns.

Nice grab! Why in the world did the Military not go with that one in the first place instead of re-inventing the wheel?

Smokin' deal for sure!

The action alone could sell for more than that.
222 Mag is one of those obscure cartridges nowadays but back when I was selling guns, ammo, reloading and sporting goods, it was one racy round!
You'll love it if it's an accurate shooter!

Zeke

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Originally posted by Wstrnhuntr:
Nice grab! Why in the world did the Military not go with that one in the first place instead of re-inventing the wheel?

My understanding is that Stoner thought the 222Mag case was just a bit to long to reliably cycle the AR-15, so the 223Rem was made.

My 222RemMag is in a 1963, Sako L461. Very nice little rifle, probably that last one of my rifles I would part with.

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My load had always been 55gr C/L, 25gr 4895, CCI caps.

That's a very modest load in a .222 Magnum, which explains why you got such incredibly long case life from it. A good illustration of why handloaders might not want to go for the very highest velocity they can.

BTW, I've always found 4895 (in either producer's version) an excellent performer in any of the .222 family, including the .223 and .222 Magnum.

This is an early BDL, I have a later ADL with a 24" barrel also.
27.5 of H335 and a 50 grn Nosler SB. The 20" BDL gave (within a few fps one way or the other) 3300 fps.
The same load in the 24" ADL was 3500 fps.
The brass from the ADL went right in, after firing, the BDL like nothing. The BDL brass went into the ADL a little tight on the bolt. The BDL showed a little flattening of the primer, the ADL, none.
Both shot in the 3/4" with the load.

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Originally posted by Hipshoot:
I have learned in the past is a rifle (or anything else) is only worth what you can sell it for !!!

Ask high, you can always go lower and the buyer THINKS he is getting a bargain!

Hip

I couldn’t have said it better !

222 Mag is one of my favorite calibers - Here's mine built on a Remington 40X

Good buy, the action is worth the price or very close I suspect..Id punch it out to a 22-250, it should clean up, but hey thats just me, I like to tinker..

A 20" barreled 22/250? And have to open the boltface and put in an extractor.
I could just go buy a 22.250 easyer.

I would sure be interested in that Rem.700 BDL in .222 mag if you would sell it.

ME too.

Do you guys collect old 700's?
I had a 20" ADL in 280 one time. One of the few rifles I've sold. Just never could warm up to the 280 round.
Not ready to sell it, still want to play with more loads.
Send me a PM with your e-mail address, I'll put it in the ammo boxes. If I decide to sell down the road I'll give a shout.

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Originally posted by theback40:
Do you guys collect old 700's?
I had a 20" ADL in 280 one time. One of the few rifles I've sold. Just never could warm up to the 280 round.
Not ready to sell it, still want to play with more loads.
Send me a PM with your e-mail address, I'll put it in the ammo boxes. If I decide to sell down the road I'll give a shout.

***I'm always on the lookout for Rem actions so if you're selling, shoot me a PM or something.***

I want to build another super light 6.5 x 280 AI (mine is on the heavier,long side of the spectrum but I love that wildcat cartridge).

I have a 280 AI and had a 280 Rem for years. Killed a desert ram and a Dall with it along with many other critters.

Zeke

There probably was a good reason the .222mag was chosen for basis of .204 Ruger. The .223 with abundance of brass would seem a better choice.

There are no flys on the 223, its a great gun, and certainy more desirable than the moribound 222 mag. IMO...but then Ive always been a dyed in the wool 222 rem fan, never saw the need for more not even my 220 swift that I sold awhile back..I killed a lot of hogs,Javalina,coyotes and deerwith 100% success..

I never noticed a 20" barrel in 223 or about any caliver to be less than desirable, and I like stubby barrels.