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5.7 Johnson / .22 Spitfire
I never did a search to see if this has been discussed before, but if it has, please forgive me!
Going through some of my reamers today, I pulled out a 20 year old 5.7 Johnson / .22 Spitfire reamer that I HAVE NEVER USED!!! Do any of you guys have any experience with this cartridge? Since I shoot a T/C Contender, I was thinking about either ordering a 22 magnum barrel and rechambering it to the 5.7 Johnson, or doing a barrel stub with a bull barrel... Custom dies are not too bad, and 30 carbine brass is $39 per hundred, and loaded ammo is right at $50 for 50 rounds... Surely some of you guys have played around with this cartridge, so if you would, please give me your thoughts in it. Thanks guys! |
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David,
Ive been down this road and love the cartridge. Firstly what make is your reamer? JGS & Manson are both 28* shoulder where as PTG is 22* My RCBS dies were 28* and I believe Redding are the same. This was the shoulder of the original design I think I may still have a reamer print I can scan and send to you Johno Last edited by johno; 04-27-2018 at 11:15 PM. |
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David:
Sell you a couple hundred carbine cases maybe more if you want 'em. Polished, decapped and sized, ready to form. PM or e'm if interested
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George "Gun Control is NOT about guns, it's about CONTROL!!" |
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Johno,
after seeing a spec sheet for my reamer, it actually has a 30 degree shoulder angle! After looking through some of my long lost reloading "stuff", I found 5,000 pieces of new W-W 30-30 Winchester brass, I believe I am going to build a barrel and chamber it for one of my 30-30 based wildcat cartridges. Now, the only problem it trying to decide on the caliber and overall case length!!! |
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I would be interested in buying the reamer when you are done with it David
Johno |
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Johno,
I traced this reamer back as far as I could, and like I said, it has never been used. It is from Mr. Johnsons original print, and the reamer is at least 40 years old. I do not have a print sheet from that far back, and neither does the reamer manufacturer... As bad as I want to rechamber a .22 magnum with this reamer, I believe I am going to go ahead and stick with my .22 caliber wildcat based of the 30-30 case... If you still want this reamer, I'll take a hundred dollar bill for it. Priority mail is about $8... Last edited by DAVID; 04-27-2018 at 06:12 PM. |
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pm sent David
Johno |
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I am watching you John.
A word of caution for anyone who may be thinking of doing a 5.7 Johnson on a 22Hornet chambered barrel/rifle, make sure you get the bloke doing the job to cut off a couple of threads and then do the re-chamber. A 22 Hornet chamber is longer than a 5.7 J, and if you dont cut off a thread or two you will end up with a chamber with a massive free bore, I had an old Brno ZKW465 that did not have the threads cut off and I could put a projectile in the chamber, chamber a case and shake the rifle up and down and could hear the projectile rattling in the throat. Mind you, it shot pretty well for a 1965 year barrel, around the 3/4 inch mark with Sierra 40gn Blitzking projectiles. I am thinking of buying the rifle back off the fella who I sold it to, its a nifty little bit of gear. |
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ï'm thinking of buying the rifle back" lol
You have been drinking your bath water again; Just waiting to hear back from David to find out reamer measurements and maker Johno |
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