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The .220 Swift (5.56×56mmSR) is a semi-rimmed rifle cartridge developed by Winchester and introduced in 1935 for small game and varmint hunting. It was the first factory-loaded rifle cartridge with a muzzle velocity of over 1,200 m/s (4,000 ft/s).
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name. ... .220 Russian.220 Rook.220 Swift.221 Remington Fireball.22 Nosler.22-250 Remington.222 Remington
This cartridge is also sometimes known as the .22 Varminter or the .22 Wotkyns Original Swift. [2] Along with the .220 Swift, the .22-250 was one of the high-velocity .22 caliber cartridges that developed a reputation for remote wounding effects known as hydrostatic shock in the late 1930s and early 1940s. [3] [4]
.220 Rook (.220 Long Centrefire), an obsolete British cartridge of the 1880s .220 Russian (5.6×39mm), a 7.62×39mm cartridge necked down to hold a 5.6 mm bullet .220 Swift (5.56×56mmSR), the first cartridge (1935) with a muzzle velocity of over 4,000 ft/s (1,200 m/s)
Based on the .219 Zipper case but with a reduced rim diameter [2] to fit the common .473" bolt face, it was intended as a replacement for the .220 Swift cartridge which had a reputation for burning out barrels.
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