221 rem fireball questions

March 07, 2004 03:03

i am thinking about getting a 221 fireball to use as my coyote rifle. what kind of range could i expect? are there many options for reloading? fps? any additional info would be greatly apperiated. thanks,
Ken

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Contender Man

March 07, 2004 04:23
It will work fine and if you do your part you'll have no problems out to 200+ yards. There are component choices for reloading and you can fine tune a load for your gun. Use at least 2 load sources for cross comparison.

Now with all of that said if you do not already own a 221 consider just buying a 223 ... lots of ammo at good prices, no problems with finding reloading components and will still serve you well out to 200+ yards.

I have 221 barrels for my Contenders and I do use them. It's a fine round, but your going to be incurring more expense going that route than 223 which I also have barrels for so I know from experience how both perform in different lengths on the same platform.

If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
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nononsense

March 07, 2004 04:25
amk,

This table is for the 50 grain Hornady VMAX and Re-7 from a 20" barrel. You can use the lighter bullets but I see significantly more wind drift as I go lighter so I stay pretty much with the 45 gr. or 50 gr. VMAX. This makes a terrific combination for a light, short-barreled walking varminter for coyote or groundhogs. I limit my shots to 300 yards and under, less if the wind is up. Re-7 is my working powder but 4227 works fine also. If you want to shoot the 50 gr. bullets, you can consider having the throat extended out a bit to regain some of the powder space lost to the longer bullets. If you stay with the lighter bullets, leave the throat alone.

Best.

Range(yd) V(fps) t(s) Energy(ft.lbs) Path to LOS(in) WindDefl(in) Drop(in) Elev (MOA) Path (in) WindZero(in) Lead (yd)
0 3061 0.0000 1040 -1.5000 0.0000 0.0000 3.3931 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
50 2861 0.0506 909 -0.2138 0.2761 -0.4827 3.7867 0.5362 -0.3462 0.5531
100 2671 0.1051 792 0.0000 1.2447 -2.0377 3.3783 0.0000 0.0000 1.1492
150 2488 0.1631 687 -0.9940 2.8393 -4.8005 4.0110 -1.7440 0.9722 1.7842
200 2313 0.2255 594 -3.3808 5.1830 -8.9562 4.9925 -4.8808 2.6935 2.4657
250 2145 0.2931 510 -7.4346 8.4608 -14.7789 6.2181 -9.6846 5.3490
300 1984 0.3653 437 -13.3005 12.5494 -22.4136 7.6119 -16.3005 8.8152 3.9952

http://www.reloadbench.com/cartridges/p221rf.html

http://www.remington.com/pdfs/rem2004_ballistics.pdf

http://www.reloadersnest.com/frontpage.asp?CaliberID=16 (loads)

http://www.thegunman.com/pistol/p03.htm (loads)

http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0BQY/5_49/99145175/p1/article.jhtml (excellent article)

http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0BQY/5_49/99145169/p1/article.jhtml (another good article)

http://www.geocities.com/graymist44/fireball.html

http://www.hodgdon.com/data/rifle/221fireball.htm

http://www.accuratereloading.com/221fb.html
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adirondack mountain ken

March 07, 2004 07:31
thank you very much for the info. the 221 allways fascinated me. had a 223 just looking for something a little different. how about pelt damage on smaller animals like foxes or coon? thanks again,
Ken
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Contender Man

March 07, 2004 12:40
For the same type bullet/weight the difference in pelt damage should be negligible.

If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
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