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 ...