.222 Rem Ammo Prices

Before the .223 ate the world there was the triple deuce and for a while it was the benchmark benchrest accuracy cartridge on earth. Introduced in 1950 it dominated varmint and target work until its own children pushed it aside. It still shoots like a laser and the old guard never gave up on it. Good taste is timeless.

Loads run 40 to 55 grain in varmint and match bullets. Production is thin now that the .223 owns the segment so prices sit above what the round's simplicity suggests. Case deals surface occasionally and the faithful pounce.