Query: Does anyone here currently have/own/shoot a 225 Winchester? I read an article today about it. Seems like it was put out to replace the 220 Swift. The ballistics on it seemed great. I believe that they loaded it in 60 grain and 40 grain bullets. I was curious, as I have a number of 22-250's but had not really heard about the 225 Winchester.

It is basically the 219 ipper Improved with the rim diameter reduced to.470 to fit 30/06 bolt face. Same case capacity as the 224 Weatherby and a bit smaller than the 22/250.

one of favorites along with its sister the 219 improved zipper. it's considered obsolete now so ammo etc is had to find. both are perfect rounds for single shots loads are about 2 grains less powder than 22/250 it never caught on because the 22/250 was already a popular round

My brother uses it in a Contender pistol and it's very accurate and super fun.

You just don't hear anything about them nowadays.

Zeke

got 2... 1 standard and 1 heavy varmit barrel... both model 70's.. the standard is from 1966, the varmit is from '68... the standard was the first model 70 i ever bought.. got it in 1978 from tristate a&m sporting goods in bryan tx,, paid 400$ plus a mossberg trade... i shoot factory 55 gr winchester, and handload 45-60 gr stuff... comprable in performance to a 22-250, but more romantic..... one shot kills on 'yotes, crows, deer, turkey..... also traded for a savage 340 in .225, but sadly it was stolen in january before i ever had the opportunity to try it... a friend that lives about 100 miles north of me, has 5 225's in his family.. great rifles!!

on a side note, when winchester dropped the .220 swift, they introduced the .225... the 22-250 was just coming of age, and being 200 fps faster as a factory load, was more popular,,, along with the semi-rimmed case of the .225,.. the swift was a controlled feed gun the .225 was a push feed...

I think Winchester stopped chambering rifles for the 225 Winchester in 1971.

...and the 225 Winchester is the parent case for the 6.5 JDJ, a real light-weight sleeper in a TC Contender rifle.

I have post-64 (1965?) Model 70 heavy barrel with spots of pitting. Its stock has that ugly pressed checkering and someone epoxied the stock to the action.

And someone put an ill-fitting recoil pad on it. But the trigger had been worked on and breaks clean and crisp at about 3 lbs.

I call it my ugly duckling. I paid $400 for it and it came with an old Tasco 6-24 scope, dies, 200 rounds of ammo, and a couple of hundred pieces of virgin brass.

It shot pretty well with 50 grain bullets and not so well with anything heavier.

When I got a keyhole with a longish 55 grain bullet, I decided to check the twist. Turns out it wasn't, as I'd thought, 1:12 but really 1:14!

So I mostly shoot 40 grain bullets in it. My favorite right now is the 40 Berger. I'm not that good a shot, but if I can't shoot a 5 shot group that's <0.4 MOA, I'm disappointed in myself.

I like this thing so much that I ended up putting a Nightforce NXS 5.5-22 on it.

Just the thing for ground squirrels.

I never could buy the koolaide in the caliber, we have the 220 swift and the 22-250,(my choice)..but actually I use my SAko L-46 222 mostly and have shot cotton tails in the head and on occasion culled small deer with lung shots with it, never has it wounded an animal...

The 225 is an excellent caliber Im sure but I just never saw the need, and today its deader than a mackerel …..

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Originally posted by Atkinson:[ . . .]
The 225 is an excellent caliber Im sure but I just never saw the need, and today its deader than a mackerel …..

Need? Is need the standard? If so, don't tell my wife!

I bought a M-70 in 1964 in .225 Winchester.....amazingly accurate. That thing killed more prairie dogs than there are lies in a ring full of Democrats.

I finally shot it out as groups wandered to almost 2"

I bought a .22-250 and never looked back.

Today I use a 6mm Remington loaded with 55 grain BTs....The .22 centerfires of that speed have not been seen here again.

I do like the .223 and my .218 Bee.....

Need in this case is a positive, since we have the 22-250 so we need a new word and that should be "un-knead or unneed" whichever!

Another fan of the 225. Basically a ballistic twin to the 22-250 minus 100fps or so.

I have a '64 M70 standard rifle (ugly but lovable), Used to have a one with a varmint barrel.

very accurate and fun to shoot, but not very practical. Ammo and brass is hard to find.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
Ne ed in this case is a positive, since we have the 22-250 so we need a new word and that should be "un-knead or unneed" whichever!

Ah! I like that.

I think I'll try out psy-need or psyneed to indicate my psychological need for something I don't really need at all.

I like that. Psychological needs are real needs too!

I've got an older Winchester model 70 heavy barrel , 225 in a fajen stock , with an old weaver variable scope ..that shoots lights out .. more than a few coyotes have succumbed to the little 55 grain load ..

we are good at rationalizing want into need.

Dave