TrappedinMD
Active Member
My grandmothers cousin passed away and seeing as we were close and he had no kids left his guns to me. In examining them to clean them it appears that at one time he must have been into precision shooting and reloading, which is neat since I am into that and never knew he was. Both rifles he left to me have been rebarreled, glass bedded and had the triggers modified. (Might be the first timney drop in ever lol) the first rifle is a Remington 721 that has a varmint like contour barrel stamped .220 arrow. From what I’ve read this is a “.220 Wilson arrow” and there was known to be variations in the chamber. Luckily this one came with a die set from “the Hollywood gunshop” that needs a thorough cleaning. The second rifle I believe to be K98 BCD 43 Mauser, also with a heavier varmint style barrel but with no markings. This rifle does have a pretty cool adjustable peep sight along with a quick attach scope. The guns came together in a custom made wooden box with some hand loaded ammo, .220 arrow and 7x61 S&H. These has been sitting in the box in a closet for who knows how long so The ammo had a decent amount of corrosion on it so I ran them thru my media tumbler to clean them up. The 7x61 ammo seems well made but the .220 swift looks almost like it was not run thru the seater die as the bullet is just barely in the case. Also when a bullet fell out in my hand I thru it on my press and the seating die (that’s already setup) seated the bullet much deeper then the original. (Visible in ammo pic) That being said I think I will pull the .220 and reload them all. I’m curious If anyone on here has experience loading these cartridges or with shooting these model receivers?
