Range report, .22 Hornet

[walkinghorse]

My Experiences

Had two .22 hornets, Savage 219 and a #3 River. The Savage started out great, for a well used rifle, but showed headspace issues upon reloading. Being young and ignorant I did not know about the K-Hornet, and did not have the money anyway. So it went back to the gun shop that sold it.
Years later got the River. Was great, but traded it on something else???
So when things settle down, I see another . 22 Hornet in the future! The hunt and the acquisition, finding the load, etc. will be a fun project, and maybe the new location will be a way to keep me occupied? Love the hornet, but we shall see.

 

[sw dan]

22 hornet

hi folks, i think we are missing one important fact. these older hornets, i believe are bore dia. .222, hornady did make i believe, a bullet 222-223. do not know if they still make them. yes some of the older hornets will shoot the larger bullets at moa. good shooting....dan

 

[muddocktor]

hi folks, i think we are missing one important fact. these older hornets, i believe are bore dia. .222, hornady did make i believe, a bullet 222-223. do not know if they still make them. yes some of the older hornets will shoot the larger bullets at moa. good shooting....dan

The older guns are supposed to take the .223 diameter bullets, IIRC. I loaded 22 Hornet as a kid back in the 60's and remember using 40 grain .223 Speer bullets. But Speer no longer offers a .223 diameter hornet bullet, just .224 diameter. But Sierra still makes 2 hornet bullets in .223 diameter, a 40 grain and a 45 grain. So for older rifles there are still some .223 diameter bullets still being made.