They are selling barrels and uppers on Midway. MidSouth has brass and dies and. I have never seen a roll out on a cartridge in years that was done as smoothly as this one. Usually we are waiting six months to a year before we see anything in the wild for us to play with.
They are selling barrels and uppers on Midway. MidSouth has brass and dies and. I have never seen a roll out on a cartridge in years that was done as smoothly as this one. Usually we are waiting six months to a year before we see anything in the wild for us to play with.
The intent of the .22 PDK was to offer a high-velocity .22-caliber cartridge that consumed less powder than a .22-250 or .220 Swift. It was conceptualized by Illinois wildcatter Roy Winnett, in collaboration with benchrest shooter John Hutchins. The parent case was the .20 PDK (Prairie Dog Killer), which is based on the 6.8 Remington SPC case. The .22 PDK will work well in either a bolt rifle or AR-15. It has a 30-degree shoulder and a case capacity of 36 grains of water.
General Comments: The .22 PDK may be especially appealing to AR-15 shooters looking for a higher velocity option to the .223 Remington for shooting targets or varmints at long range. This cartridge is also capable of driving premium, heavy-for-caliber bullets suitable for medium-sized game like deer to much higher velocities than the .223 Remington. While the cartridge does not offer a substantial advantage over the .22-250 in a bolt-action rifle, it is indeed a lightning rod in an AR-15. A twist rate of 1:9 or 1:10 is ideal for this cartridge. Cartridge cases are available from Silver State Armory, and handloading dies and cases are available directly from Roy Winnett, 309-367-4867.
Edit: Sorry, but I may have found some things that you'all probably already know, but it looks like there was a 22x6.8 that Black Hole Weaponry was involved with. Then there was the 22 DTI.
I have a guy out in ND shooting a BHW 22x6.8 I built and he is thrilled. His only complain is brass availability which I can't imagine will be better with 22 Nosler. He won't be changing anytime soon but I can see people seeing this nosler and being all about it completely unaware that they could have been shooting a 22x6.8 or 22 PDK for years now.
I have a guy out in ND shooting a BHW 22x6.8 I built and he is thrilled. His only complain is brass availability which I can't imagine will be better with 22 Nosler. He won't be changing anytime soon but I can see people seeing this nosler and being all about it completely unaware that they could have been shooting a 22x6.8 or 22 PDK for years now.
"Retrofitting a standard AR-15 chambered in
223 Rem / 5.56 NATO to a 22 Nosler is simple.
All that is required is a simple barrel swap to the
new 22 Nosler chambering, run 6.8 Remington SPC
magazines instead of 5.56 magazines and the
swap out is complete."
Looking at their numbers I dont see that big of an advantage over the 5.56 with 5.56 pressures in the 70 grain and up range.
I have 70 grain Barnes TSX going 2925 fps from a 16in barrel.
25 grains of AA2230 @ 2.27 in LC brass gets me there.
I also think 22 Nosler brass could be sized to the 6.8 chamber and use a 5.56 bolt as Sucngas said.
As well if ever a cartridge need one of my modified 6.8 mags its the 22 Nosler
Looking at their numbers I dont see that big of an advantage over the 5.56 with 5.56 pressures in the 70 grain and up range.
I have 70 grain Barnes TSX going 2925 fps from a 16in barrel.
25 grains of AA2230 @ 2.27 in LC brass gets me there.
I also think 22 Nosler brass could be sized to the 6.8 chamber and use a 5.56 bolt as Sucngas said.
As well if ever a cartridge need one of my modified 6.8 mags its the 22 Nosler
I'd be interested to here the results of taking a 223 shell holder, use a 6.8 die and run 22 Nosler brass through it. Would you need to anneal the brass to make the jump up in size? How much trimming would be required to bring it to 6.8 OAL ?
Interesting.
Thanks, Joe
I'd be interested to here the results of taking a 223 shell holder, use a 6.8 die and run 22 Nosler brass through it. Would you need to anneal the brass to make the jump up in size? How much trimming would be required to bring it to 6.8 OAL ?
Interesting.
Thanks, Joe
I neck up 223 to 277 wolverine with zero problem. I'm sure you'd need to trim it. Then compare the capacity to 6.8 brass. Nosler makes good brass. Might be the way to get the brass we all want.
I neck up 223 to 277 wolverine with zero problem. I'm sure you'd need to trim it. Then compare the capacity to 6.8 brass. Nosler makes good brass. Might be the way to get the brass we all want.
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