Thread: 222 vs 223

I'm going to end up with a rifle in 222 with 1:14 twist barrel, and being that it's not a cartridge I've ever shot I started thinking I would maybe just ream it to 223 and shoot FMJ through it.
The gun itself has no historical value at all so reaming it won't devalue it or destroy history, I can ream it for free, and I'm already hard pressed to find the time to reload for my other calibers to the degree I mostly shoot .22 because I don't have to first spend half a day loading ammo for it. Cheap commercial 223 would avoid that problem.

I do understand that 1:14 is really suited for 50gr, while most fmj is 55gr, so that's a bit of a negative against reaming it. This has me thinking I should maybe try some .222 loads that approximately copy the 55gr 223 fmj loads and see if it'll shoot... if it does, then reaming is much more likely to be successful.... I haven't looked into whether I can match 223 loads in a 222 case with the lower case capacity. It's on my to-do list

What's the opinion of the forum's collective conscious on this?