ColdWarGrunt wrote:My Grandfather had only one Remington that I know of and it was in a .222 caliber. They came out i think sometime around 1950. Search on your favorite search engine will bring up a wealth of info on it. Not same as the .223 and although it was a popular round at the time the .223 prevailed. I don't even know of any major manufactures offering a .222 firearm nowadays but I don't stay in the loop on the newer stuff either.
They are no longer chambered in trip-duece in North America; however, they can still be found in countries where it's illegal to own police or military caliber rounds......
The .222 round gave birth to a host of today's popular rounds including; 22-250, 5.56NATO, .223, .243, .270, 7.62NATO all came from the trip duece round (.222), which was designed in 1950 by a guy named Walker who also designed the Remington 700.
The .222 round still holds records for it's accuracy. It's one of the most accurate small caliber rounds ever produced in North American firearms industry/production.
The US Army adopted it by lengthing the case and producing the 5.56 NATO (.223) round as well as 7.62 (.308) NATO.