The .222 Rem. cartridge, designed by Mike Walker of Remington, was introduced in 1950 in that company’s Model 722 rifle. The gun was only a couple of years old at the time, and it would soon be ...

Shop for a new rifle chambered .222 Remington these days and you might as well be looking for a .244 Remington or .225 Winchester. Virtually no manufacturer chambers for .222 Rem. anymore. What ...

I can’t explain my love for the .222 Remington Magnum except to say that I’ve always liked some things that are a little bit off the beaten path. Maybe my first thought of the cartridge was in hunters ...

a short-action bolt rifle with distinct Model 700 lineage. There were five chamberings available that first year: .222 Rem., .243 Win., 7 mm-08 Rem., 6 mm Rem. and .308 Win. With 18", free-floated ...

222 Rem. — but has been a popular hunting, sporting, and target cartridge ever since. The 5.56mm NATO cartridge was derived from the .223 Rem. as a dedicated service rifle cartridge by FN about ...

But that doesn’t diminish its usefulness either. Remington introduced the 7mm Rem Mag in 1962 to go with their new Model 700 bolt action rifle, and both have since become iconic hunting tools.