Thread: 22 hornet loads

I just saw this post after l was transferring some of my old reloading data into the computer before the old stuff in my books/pads gets lost or destroyed.I really rate the Hornet & have used various rifles in it over the years,my last one was a Ruger, that all my daughter asked for on her 18th Birthday was for it after she had used it as her go to rifle for years growing up.

The loads l worked up for that using LIL'GUN, that were both highly accurate & good game getters ,taking hundreds of goats,pigs & even Fallow deer over the years & untold rabbits & hares, as we had a mate with a farm in some good country, whose wife hated guns, so he wanted something relatively quiet to take care of his pest problems,my daughter ended up being a pretty good shot from her years using it with out worrying about the kick or noise.

With a load of the same 13 grn of LIL'GUN pushing the 45gn Barnes at 2780 fps and the 50gn Sierra at 2715 (3 shot MOA)for goats etc & for the smaller game the same charge pushed the 35gn V-Max at 2842 & the 40gn Speer at 2826 (favorite load shot just under 3/4 MOA for 5 shots) . The 55gn Hornady gave 2650 but we had great success with the Barnes & Sierra on goats & deer so never really bothered trying to get in 223 territory.




I only really took note of the data as l have been thinking about taking up a mates offer to swap a CZ 527 .17 Hornet he no longer uses as he sold his farm ,for a 15hp outboard l have sitting in the shed.