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This cartridge started life as a simple "improvement" of the 219 Zipper, but with time it has become a real wildcat.
I don't know when the factories stop producing the 219 Zipper round but I do know I have never seen one.
Today the cartridges must be made. One starts with the 30-30 Winchester case. I neck them down to six millimeter,
shorten it to length, then neck it down again to .224. Anneal the the neck and shoulder. load with a snappy load and
fireform. A MAJOR pain in the butt!
After all that work you can expect a 5-10% loss.
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A three shot group fired at 100 yards. 29 grains of IMR 3031 with a 55 grain Serria Bullet (moly coated).
Group measures .209 center to center.
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The history of the 219 Zipper Improved reads like something out of the Book of Revalations.
Sometime before 1900 Charles Newton begot the 22 Hi-Power Savage. In 1937, Winchester begot the 219 Zipper.
In 1938, P.O. Ackley begot the 219 Zipper Improved. In 1963 Winchester begot the 225 Winchester. Then in 1965, Remington
begot the 22-250; it slain it's cousins and all that came before it.
The differences between the 22 Hi-Power, 219 Zipper, 219 Zipper Improved and the 225 Winchester are slight. They
all based on the same cartridge; the 30-30 Winchester. Yes, some are shorter than the others. The shape of
the cases differ and the rims differ somewhat but overall they all are based on the 30-30 case.
As for the 22-250, it's differs from the 219 Zipper Improved and the 225 Winchester by mostly being a rimless case.
The body is also bigger; .471 vs. .422. The rimless case is stronger than the others. Because of these differences
the 22-250 is far and away a "hotter" case.
But, I don't have a 22-250 and I likely won't have one. A 22-250 is like vanilla ice cream and the 219 Zipper Improved
is like praline and cream.
This is a picture of the Gumsmith that built my 219 Zipper Improved. His name is Marion Houseman. I believe
that this is the same rifle I have. I'm guessing that this picture was taken in Texas or Arizonia in the mid 50's, early
60's.
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