Reloading the 22 Savage High Power (5,6mmx52R)
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Re: Reloading the 22 Savage High Power (5,6mmx52R)
From memory they were stubby little things, more of a semi point than a sharp spritzer.Ovenpaa wrote:I have loads of brass and dies now so it is probably going to be as easy to reload as anything. I will have a hunt through my .224" bullets and see if I have anything suitable. It is interesting that the Hornady #2280 70 grain .227" bullets apparently work with the 1:12 twist barrel whereas I would expect at least a 1:10 twist for 70 grain .224" and I assume this is entirely down to length.
I spoke to Mike at westlander this morning on something else, he has the .228 70 grain soft point bullets in stock if you would like them.
Re: Reloading the 22 Savage High Power (5,6mmx52R)
Ah thank you for that, I will give him a shout.
Re: Reloading the 22 Savage High Power (5,6mmx52R)
No worries, he's the man to go to for obscure European reloading bits.
Nice guy to boot! :)
Looking forward to seeing your results, I have a hankering for a drilling in .22 savage/20 bore myself that needs fulfilling soon...
Nice guy to boot! :)
Looking forward to seeing your results, I have a hankering for a drilling in .22 savage/20 bore myself that needs fulfilling soon...
Re: Reloading the 22 Savage High Power (5,6mmx52R)
Some years back now I bought lots from the Range Office at NRA Bisley, so they may still have some. They were made by Sellier & Bellot, and work brilliantly in my pre-war Savage 99 at up to 300 yards. They were Full Metal jacket 70 grainers.
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Re: Reloading the 22 Savage High Power (5,6mmx52R)
Bit of a bump, I am still trying to source 200-300 .227 bullets for the rifle and I prefer jacketed as I really am not set up for casting. Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions on this please?
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Re: Reloading the 22 Savage High Power (5,6mmx52R)
How about paper patching some smaller bullets?
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Re: Reloading the 22 Savage High Power (5,6mmx52R)
Roger, it did cross my mind however they are fiddly little things so I much prefer the correct jacketed bullets although I would take cast if someone had them.
Re: Reloading the 22 Savage High Power (5,6mmx52R)
Woohoo, I managed to find a couple of hundred Hornady 70 grain bullets courtesy of Oxford reloading Solutions which should keep things going for a while.
Re: Reloading the 22 Savage High Power (5,6mmx52R)
The finished article complete with the 70 grain Hornady bullet. As far as I know these were the last two boxes of Hornady .227" in the country which is not good news as it is a tremendous little rifle to shoot.
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