New Model 220

[rjtfroggy]

I ended up buying a camo-matte model 220 at Dick's $479+tax and can't be happier. I took it to the range a little while ago and sighted it in, 10 shots and zeroed at 100 yards, right at 1" and about 3" high at 50. I used the Remington copper solids and will use them for this year before I start to experiment with other brands.
The only things I can say in a negative are the stock is terrible but for 9 days a year hunting it will do, the bolt is also a little stiff and unless you really give it a tug it does not eject shell just lays there.
The set up is; mod. 220 Luepold 2 piece bases(windage adj.) 3.8-12 Intensity(weaver 44/40.

[M.O.A.]

thats great ive been thinking about one too for some reason i cant bring my self to buy one ;-} mybe has something to do with my state letting use use .44 cal rifles now i just take my new marlin

[rjtfroggy]

I took this back to the range this morning and tried Federal Fusion 2 3/4 @ 100. All I can say is it surely doesn't like it about 6" group. It figures fusion is half the price. I will try Winchester next if I can find it and maybe some accu tips.

[Westcliffe01]

Do you have a stainless steel version ? I have one and found the finish on the bolt to be pretty rough. It appears that they media blast the stainless bolt and it is not a fine finish. I basically got some 400 grit water paper and sanded the bolt shaft lengthways to knock the edge off the grit blasted finish. Then I lubed it with grease. After that, it was 100x better than before.

I agree on the crappy stock. Mine did not group better than 2-3" and it is $3/pop so I was not going to shoot dozens of rounds to experiment.

[M.O.A.]

Try some cheap slugs the might be supriseing :-) like some TKOs or cheap remy sluggers

[rjtfroggy]

MOA I did try 3 old style federals (foster) and they were so far out of the group I didn't include them in my summary. ( 10-11" out & left of center.
I checked the manual and it only recomends 3" rem. accutips,but I am hoping to find something in 2 3/4 and hopefully cheaper than $18 a box. I'm not a big fan of plastic tipped bullets but that may be the only solution other than just staying with the copper solids.

[M.O.A.]

Have you tried any lightfeilds yet there a grea slug :-)

[Westcliffe01]

I have been shooting Hornady 23/4" SST's. I ordered them online and last time I was at Cabelas they were the same price (about $13/5). I have not yet laid hands on any 3" slugs since I have not found any in stock anywhere. However, mine has already taken 2 does this year, the first one at 170 yards. So don't worry, you can shoot the 23/4 just fine. I did get some Remington accutips also, same length, but I used most of them up when I was sighting in the scope. When I went to get more, the Remingtons were out, so I got more SST's. Either of those will work for you, but get whichever one you can find and stick with it for this season, since the POI is slightly different.

[rjtfroggy]

Moa I haven't seen Lightfields in any of the stores. I ended up ordering a few boxes of different brands yesterday both sabot and foster so I will be back at the range for testing.