308 or 223?

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With a bit more power and higher priced brass and then if you need a bit faster Nothing wrong with the swift but the 22-250 kills very will and is a bit cheaper to use.

Dosen't much matter to the low volume shooter but thousands of rounds on a P dog trip several times a year the costs add up.

But then the 223 is the most cost effective.

Do you still have the orginal barrel on your swift.

Yeah, not much prairie dog shooting out here! My rifle doesn't see many rounds.

It's still the original barrel, but was made in the 70s in the modern era of good chrome-molybdenum. It doesn't suffer from the early reputation that killed the early Swifts right before the .22-250 came out to take over.

I've nothing against the .22-250, and can admit it can do the same job. It's more cool factor to have the older cartridge that can still claim the slight insignificant edge, though.

It's a slow twist and prefers the lighter bullets, but will still spin 52-grainers into a dime at 125 yards.