220 Swift Ammo

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220 Swift Ammo The 220 Swift Ammo remains the fastest production cartridge ever made. It dates back to 1935 when Winchester introduced it into their model 54 bolt action rifle. The original inspiration of the 220 Swift Ammo came from Grosvenor Wotkyns, who wanted to neck down the 250-3000 Savage case. However, Winchester necked it down to .22 caliber and loaded it with a 48-grain bullet with a muzzle velocity of 4110 fps. The 220 Swift Ammo uses .224 bullets despite its

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.220 Swift Ballistics Performance

Distance
(yard)
Elevation
(in)
Energy
(fps)
Velocity
(ft/lb)
00.00245.522550.00
30-0.85245.522550.00
60-3.42245.522550.00
90-7.69245.522550.00
130-13.67245.522550.00
160-21.35245.522550.00
190-30.75245.522550.00
230-41.85245.522550.00
260-54.66245.522550.00
290-69.18245.522550.00

.220 Swift History

Winchester introduced the .220 Swift in 1935 as a small game and varmint hunting cartridge with velocities over 4000 feet per second. It has been a controversial cartridge with proponents citing superior accuracy and flat trajectories while critics call it an “overbore barrel burner”. Modern metallurgy and cryogenic treatment has helped mitigate this issue.
.220 Swift History

.220 Swift Usage

The .220 Swift is still popular among varmint hunters for groundhog, prairie dogs, marmot, and other small game or predators. It uses a slow twist rate to stabilize small, light bullets for varmint hunting but custom barrels can be installed to use heavier bullets for medium sized game.
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.220 Swift Design

The .220 Swift is a semi rimmed, bottleneck cartridge with an overall length of 2.68” or 2.58” depending on bullet type and a case capacity of 47 grains (H2O). It fires a .224” diameter bullet using large rifle primers with a maximum pressure of 62,000 PSI.
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.220 Swift Trivia

An Alaskan wildlife control officer, Frank Glaser, used the .220 Swift to hunt medium and large game in the 1930’s and 1940’s. He did claim it was inadequate for bears, having to shoot an aggressive sow 11 times in defense of his life.
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.220 Swift Types

.220 Swift ammunition options include full metal jacket, soft point, hollow point, and polymer tipped hollow point in flat base or spitzer type bullets with weights ranging from 40 grains to 77 grains. Proper rifling twist to bullet selection is needed for accuracy and effective use.
.220 Swift Types

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.220 Swift Specifications

Category
Caliber
.220 Swift
Gun Types
Rifle
Case Types
Semi-rimmed, Bottleneck
Height
2.21
Average Grain
51
Case Material
Brass
Rim Type
Rimless
Bullet Types
Soft Point,Jacketed Hollow Point,Full Metal Jacket
Primer Type
Small Rifle
Bullet Diameter
0.325 in
Land Diameter
0.317 in
Neck Diameter
0.366 in
Base Diameter
0.427 in
Rim Diameter
0.449 in
Rim Thickness
0.047 in
Case Length
56 in
Oal Cartridge Length
65 in
Bullet Weight
50 gr

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