It sounds like Customer Service was full of Bull Service! As you pointed out 22 Hornet, like all American made 22 Center Fire rifles made since World War II, are .224 diameter.
Did he offer to send you the correct decapping/expanding stem? If not call back and tell them you want the correct part, The one you paid for!
Now tell us about that rifle! I'm down to 2 Hornets, one is a 10" Contender barrel and the other is a pre 1961 Savage 340. The Savage out shoots any other Hornet I have ever owned (except the 2 other 340's I let get away). Pre 1968 340's don't have a serial number, but a letter date code and I never looked mine up.
For factory ammo I bought a 400 hundred rounds of Hornady's Varmint Express when it first came out (35 grain bullet at 3100 FPS) It is very, very accurate, but I only have 50 rounds left, so I developed a factory duplication load with Accurate 1680, Remington 6 1/2 primer, Hornady brass and bullet. My notes are in storage, so I can't remember the quantity of powder, but it is around 14.1 or 14.2 grains . In my Savage factory ammo is 5/8 to 3/4 inch groups. At 3100 fps this load is 1/2-5/8". 2 tenths more powder is 3300 fps, but groups are 1.5 - 2"
For the contender I'm still using the classic 45/46 gr flat base bullets with 4227 powder (H or IMR) at about 2450 and 1"+/- at 50 yards off sand bags. The gun should do better, but I can't!
Now brag about you Hornet!
Ivan
Last edited by Ivan the Butcher; 06-15-2017 at 08:41 AM.
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