We had a 220 in the family early on. I think its still around in someones closet.
A 12ga and it was a very hard kicker, seems the stock drop was quite a lot. Perhaps the shells recommended back then to kill things were
a bit much for such a lightweight gun.
Dad said Peters HV Baby Magnums were needed to hunt with. ouch..
Maybe a 20 or 16 would be more tolerable.
I can't ever remember any mechanical problems with it other than the forend wood coming loose.
Seems like it opened rather easily, had a full-time ejector. I think it was a bit harder to close as you were cocking the ejector spring as well as the hammer spring on closing.
Might be wrong there.
All in all, it was not a favorite.
I had a Model 219,,the .22 Hornet rifle on the same action but they were built on the small one (16/20ga action. That seemed nicer in size and much easier to handle.
I think it would make a big difference and with appropriate light loads even better to like.
