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Yeah, Winchester really upset a lot of people by choosing the 6mm Lee Navy case as the basis for the .220 Swift. There was already a wildcat .22-250, and everyone was assuming they would standardize that. I've got old loading manuals that list loads for the .22 WOS, or Watkyns Original Swift (I bet I spelled his name wrong...). Winchester saw that the Lee case was better suited to the extremely high pressures to which they intended to load their new round, so picked it over the .250 Savage case on which the .22-250 is based.
I like the semi-rimmed case that resulted. It seems to suit my personal vision of what such a rifle should be - an accurate single shot. Something fired slowly and deliberately, maybe a bit more regal than a common bolt gun. That, and we can fit a lot more barrel on one before it gets to be too long.
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Jeff
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