Tuning a 221 Remington Fireball | Long Range Hunting Forum
Jun 8, 2016 · Glenn testing the 221 Fireball. The rifle is one of the limited edition Remington Classic 700 series which were offered in a different caliber each year from 1981 to 2005, and each caliber was only made for a short period of time. The 221 Remington Fireball was the chambering for the year 2002, and this one was purchased the following year.
.221 fireball - Long Range Hunting Forum
Jun 22, 2019 · I should add I also make my own 221 Fireball brass from military 223 brass. The process is pretty simple but somewhat labor intensive. On the plus side, I'm never without brass. On the minus side, it took a bit of my time to do it. I do the same with 25-06 from military 30-06 brass. In both cases (no pun intended) I have to turn the case necks.
221 fireball vs. 223 - Shooters' Forum
Apr 11, 2010 · I wore out one Fireball barrel shooting 40 BT's at 3500 with AA-1680. Most of my 223's run around 3800 with the same bullet and AA-2230. In good conditions, I have killed prairie dogs at 500 plus with the Fireball.
221 Fireball - Shooters' Forum
Aug 6, 2017 · There is a cult like following of the .20 VT (Var-Targ), a .221 fireball necked down to .20 cal. Some of those guys have lots of rifles and they choose to shoot the .20VT. The .20 Var-Targ is an over achiever. Hal
221 Fireball build? - Shooters' Forum
Oct 31, 2024 · 50 years ago I bought an XP-100 in .221 Fireball with the plastic stock. 35 years ago I took it out of the plastic stock. Got a Shilen barrel for it, a Canjar trigger for it and put it in a Fajen walnut stock with a Leupold 2.5-8X LER AO OBJ scope. Killed a lot of sod poodles with it. I still shoot it today.
221 fireball twist rate - Shooters' Forum
Dec 16, 2015 · I love the fireball .17, and .221.. Lots of fun, powered gos a long way I have all lapua brass , and I'm using rem. 7 1/2 BR primers they seem to work the best from other testing..my groups opened up when using CCI BR-4..
Mag kit to feed .221 fireball from AICS short action mag
Sep 8, 2022 · I've been looking into the .221 fireball, but from my reading the feeding from regular short action magazine is not working. Has anyone already been trying to design some form of mag kit to solve the problem? Something like a BR mag kit but in .223 format. This should solve the problem isn't?
6mm/221 fireball - Long Range Hunting Forum
Nov 9, 2015 · The 6x35mm PDW cartridge is based on a modified .221 Fireball case, which itself is a shortened derivative of the .223 case. Fired from the 10- inch barrel, the 6x35mm sends its 65-grain bullet at 2,425 fps with an impressive 848 ft. lbs.
Do I want a rifle in 221 Fireball? - Shooters' Forum
Feb 16, 2020 · As you might guess, I'am a .221 Fireball lover from WAY BACK. And a factory chambered rifle in .221 Fireball IS the way to go. Remington XP 100 chambered in .221 Fireball? Remington XP 100 action, rebarreled and chambered in .221 Fireball and converted into a rifle? Need I say more?
221 fireball forming dies - Shooters' Forum
Aug 1, 2022 · Buy the 221 fireball forming die from Graf& sons $38 plus shipping less than 5 in stock and form all the 222 brass to 221 fireball ya want by the thousands. Or cut .190" off a .222 form die, with a carbibe tool in the lathe...or .340 off the bottom of common a common .223 die..the .006 difference at the top of the shoulder on tbe case body won ...
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