Anyone know if the 220 Swift was ever chambered in a Savage ?
Anyone know if the 220 Swift was ever chambered in a Savage ?
They did for a short time, but rumor has it that a small outfit bought them all up and totally depleted the market. After recuperating from such a shock, the marketing executives got together and replaced that caliber with the 6.5 Creedmoor.
"As long as there's lead in the air....there's still hope.."
Hello Hammer. Good to see you are still at it.
Jim at Apache has the reamer, he's been waiting on your call.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.
6.5 Creedmoor ?Originally Posted by sharpshooter
Is that a 6.5 x 55 Swede "want to be" ?
It's the artificially flavored substitute for those who can't out run the band wagon....
"As long as there's lead in the air....there's still hope.."
The only ones I know of where the J series 112v single shots and the early 110v repeaters. I could be wrong about the latter. That gun has been rebarreled about 6 times now in different calibers but I still have the old .220 swift barrel.
Later, Frank
Bartlein Barrels
Hammer is the infamous buyer of all barrels 220 swift. An original member of SS.com. A living legend.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.
Ok, I gotta tip my hat to that one. Hit my “funny bone” like nobody’s business!It's the artificially flavored substitute for those who can't out run the band wagon....
The 6.5CM is actually a great cartridge. I mean, it DOES want to be a 6.5-08 when it grows up!
Pleasure to make your acquaintance Hammer. I’d be interested in seeing your 220 Swift Savage.(If you’ve done one). I don’t have any experience with it other than just some basic research over the years. 223 has always been my “go to”, followed by the 22-250. And I dabbled a bit with the 223 WSSM around ‘05-‘06(good friend was into it). That’s been my dealings with .224” calibers, but I’ve always been curious of the Swift.
I grew up around one as my father had a model 70 chambered in it.
I frankly was never much impressed by either. (The gun and cartridge)
So much so when my sister made some noises about me inheriting it i gave it to her.
Probably another one of the mistakes I’ve made but I’ve not regreted it.
If looks could kill it would since my BIL has attached an old Unertle onto it.
He don’t know the blocks aren’t spaced right.
WOW. I take a few years+ off from all forums, and within a week I see Hammer. God bless Hammer. It was just a few weeks back, I attempted to entertain co-workers with the youtube vid
on the "last 220 swift barrel"....but they just did not get it. Well, Mr. Hammer I too like the Swift, and eventually hope to make a savage 220swift from some used action and someone's barrel,etc.
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