The little 222 Remington gave rise to a significant family of cartridges. Certainly bench shooters had to watch temperatures, but predator hunters had nothing to worry about and even high volume varmint shooters could blaze away with reckless abandon. Fortunately, it didn’t matter much because rounds didn’t cost much more than 22 rimfire and they didn’t heat barrels so much that early burnout was a big problem. Rifles shot so smooth and easy they made you want to pour lead downrange as if were were operating a 22 Long Rifle.
In a seven-pound rifle recoil was a laughable 3.3 foot-pounds at a velocity of just 5.5 fps. It tipped over deer in Texas and moose in Canada, though far from ideal for either. It was easy on coyote, bobcat, and fox pelts. Just 20- to 22.5-grains of relatively fast burning powder like IMR 4198 or Hodgdon 322 would push a 50-grain bullet 3,000 to 3,200 fps from a 24” barrel. The 222 didn't seriously decline on the benchrest circuit until the 22 PPC and 6mm PPC "short fat" cartridges showed up around 1973.Īs a varmint round the 222 Remington was a pure delight. Ignited by an experimental CCI primer that later became the BR-4. A Leupold 12X target scope handled the sighting duties. This is reportedly the target shot by Mac McMillan in September, 1973, using a McMillan- built rifle chambered 222 Remington. It was the first rimless 22 centerfire cartridge and ideally suited for bolt-action rifles like Remington’s Model 722, short-action predecessor to the M700. Remington engineer and National Benchrest Shooters Association co-founder Mike Walker created it and Remington released it in 1950. It was the darling varmint and target round of the 1950s and 60s. And he loves it.īut you, dear reader, are not brother Bob, so you might want a bit more information about this 222 Remington, aka Triple Deuce, aka Two Two Two. While the rest of our gang moved on to the 223 Remington, 22-250 Remington and even 22 Nosler, Bob stuck with his tried and true Triple Deuce and Sako rifle. Seriously, how many hunters or target shooters do you know who shoot the 222 Remington, let alone buy a new rifle chambered for it? Yeah. Three 222 Remington cartridges triplicate the Two Two Two Triple Deuce, once the darling of 22 centerfire shooters.
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