.220 Swift for Muntjac and CWD

[JockStalk]

Period?
Ken.

No they are just moody.

 

[bogtrotter]

Looking to add a Centrefire .220 Swift to fill the gap between my .17 HMR and 30-06.
Mainly for Fox but would be useful as a secondary rifle for the small legal deer in England/Wales. Obviously there are several other calibres .223,.222,22-250 that would be quite capable but I'm impressed with the ballistics on the Swift and it's heritage and history.
I'm a keen and experienced hand-loader and can source brass and die sets so ammunition availability doesn't really concern me.
To any existing shooters of the swift, I was wondering how much meat damage there was with a high velocity projectile? I was thinking 70grn bullets for deer, would that give enough penetration and reduce fragmentation?
Any information and advice on the Swift would be gratefully appreciated, thankyou.

When your namesake retired and returned from Africa to his Highland estate the .220
Swift was.his rifle of choice for Highland stags.

 

[Border]

This prompted me to get some cartridges loaded for my favourite little fire breather.

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Ooh. Nice cartridge holder

 

[takbok]

Ooh. Nice cartridge holder

Thanks

 

[Ratel]

Currently using a 5.6x57 now and again. Similar performance to the .220 and it deffo does the trick.

Shot a number of Sika and Reds? With one.