Thread: What to do with my Winchester 70?

Originally Posted by Tentman

Good to see 22 CM mentioned. I sorta came by one by accident, mine is a 1:9 Savage ex 223 barrel. It shoots 75gns at 3250 from 20". That is a big big step up from a 223 especially when shooting to 300M or so in the wind. My one is going to become a dedicated Day/night scoped platform as in that mode it'll be very hard to beat for night shooting.

What load are you running in it? I thought it would be faster than 3250?

Originally Posted by makka

What load are you running in it? I thought it would be faster than 3250?

It probably could go faster, I just looked up some load data, 40 gns of 2209 was within book max and seemed like a nice number. I shot a ladder up to 40 and called it good - mainly for ease of loading and barrel life. Pedersons who made brass for it have an article which points out that some recommended loads for this cartridge are a bit hot.