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Danny, if you have a 1/14" twist, as MOST .222 Rems do, any bullet the length of the NATO G.I. 55-grain ball is too long to be stabilized. If you want to shoot Rehbock with a .222, use a 53 or 55-grain FLATBASE Barnes X bullet or Speer 70-grain Even the 60 grain Nosler Partition and the 64-grain Winchester are too long. I know. I tried to shoot them in a 1/14" twist .222 barrel that had been rechambered to .223 Rem. Despite the higher velocities produced by the .223 case, accuracy was poor -a lot of tumbling. Actually, the 70-grain Speer semipointed flatbased bullet shot better in the 1/14" twist. And it will kill deer, since that's what it was designed for.
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"It seems very difficult to impress most reloaders with the fact that every rifle is an individual, and what proves to be a maximum load in one may be quite mild in another, and vice versa." Bob Hagel, GAME LOADS AND "PRACTICAL BALLISTICS FOR THE AMERICAN HUNTER, 1977
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