rem 722 in .222 ckecked yesterday.

Nother great rifle Eastbank!
Ive got Tripple Deuce dies be never owned one.
Ive always preferred the way the case looked over the .223 for some reason, now that i dont have a .223 might be time to get a .222

My brother recently picked up a beautiful old 722 .222, also came with an old weaver mounted on it. Great shooter! My 16 yo daughter loved it and was knocking out sub 1" groups at 100 yrds. Her Godfather, my brother, was most impressed! LOL. We all agreed, it it a great rifle and caliber.

Nice! I had its twin out yesterday myself.

I let one go a couple years back and should not have. I did not look into it enough to realize 223 could be sized to it. but did trade even up for a glock 19 and I did well on the trade- until I see threads like this

I know of a couple that have been cut to 223. Are you running the factory trigger in yours Eastbank? Do you worry about breaking the extractor?

The extractor can't be that much of a flaw, they seem to work fine despite being almost 70 years old. I was considering fitting a Timney trigger only because my kids will end up shooting and inheriting these rifles. All my stock rem triggers are around 3.5-4.5lbs and adjusted properly, I've never had an issue but even the chance worries me.

I just put a Timney trigger in my 722 which has been changed to .223 from .222 and had to grind a 1/4" off back of triiger guard bow slot and a little wood to clear but now I have 1.5 pound safe trigger that allows on safe unloading . The gun is sub MOA with good ammo , pretty good after 66 years !

eastbank said:

if it would give you piece of mind, then by all means replace the trigger with a timney trigger they are good triggers.

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Simple fact: The rem. 722 and .222 Rem. is the most consistently accurate rifle/cartridge combinations ever put together, before or since. As to replacing the trigger, the new B&A Sport goes to the head of the class and well worth the extra $$$. Which is why I've dumped my Jewells.

In previous post I failed to add that the 722/.222 combo established their reputation for superb accuracy with the first models with 26" barrel. Attached is one of my 722's, a "B" grade .222 with 26" barrel.

Mine has an older Leupold 3x9 Vari x 3 in some new DNZ Game Reaper mounts. I got tired of the nasty Redfield system

I don't like the loosening and locking opposed windage adjustment. I was a Maynard Buhler fan boy for years for rings and mounts, and truthfuuly if put on correctly never had a problem. The Weaver mount and ring system is very robust too in all steel models. they have never failed but the old style rings would pull the scope over when rings were tightened and were hard to center perfectly. The Talley system is light and robust and I like them. I ususally put Warne Maxi Mounts and their detachable rings on most things where weight is not an issue. I really like these on anything I think I might want to remove or switch scopes on
. On rifles I took to africa last time which are my three go to hunting rifles I love the DNZ Gamereaper one piece mount and rings. They appear as strong as you can get outside a military style system (and even then !) and are very light. Having a fixed forged in bottom ring and the integral connecting spar between the mounts appear to be bomb proof and are rock solid, very high grade and oversized screws are used . I like them if you are not worried about having to remove the scope.

My brother picked up one just like that this year. Great shooter! My 16 yo daughter fell in love with it. Rumor has it, she may be having it before too long.

The 722 is very cute and rumored to be as good as any and the broached cut rifled barrels in 222 of the era are -fantastic. I know some one with a 40x with a 722 action in .222, it has a 10x Lyman scope and he for many years shot the tightest groups I've heard of until I met the Lee Sixx bench rest crowd .

Walkalong said:

Wow, they must be very good indeed.

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Yep, they really are. When the B&A first appeared it quickly became the dominate trigger in high end benchrest competition. But was priced well over what the average shooter would pay to upgrade "standard" rifles, with the Timney pricetag pretty well reflecting what the market would bear. The recently introduced, lower priced, B&A Sport trigger however is a game changer as it retains the basic features of their top end model and is superior to the Jewell while remaining in the same price neighborhood, and not all that much more than the inferior Timney.

I took my dad's 722 that he bought in the mid 50's that had seen better days, (other family member possessed it for a few years) replaced the barrel with a McGowan Remage heavy match barrel, the trigger with a rifle basix trigger.
Then fitted it in a laminated stock & now have a fine target rifle that shoots tiny little groups.