Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Shit the bed.... that hornet rips em up!!!

Originally Posted by SlimySquirrel

Shit the bed.... that hornet rips em up!!!

I spent $40.00 shooting rabbits today aaaarrrrggggghhhh
Reloading starts next week I hope!

You really get off on that stuff Maca don't you?

Hahaha... yeah man. Get to it!! Just bought a .243 and that expensive to "plink" with too... gotta get reloading some 87gr Vmax and hope it loves em! !

Nice shooting. Since I got my hmr the 22 spends a lot less time out of the cupboard

Sent from my workbench

Originally Posted by Rushy

You really get off on that stuff Maca don't you?

Gotta say it changed rabbit shooting for me. Have to be much more precise with my shooting and just adding much more to my sport with reloading, having capable gear, and spending time scoping the hills for long range targets, I never done this before 150 metres was a long shot, most taken at under 100 metres, today 50% of those shots were over 150 metres! Moving gong shootingand the farmers a really happy Chappy

Got another magpie today, female this time.

two magpies with my 308. you can really hear the rounds hit with a suppressed rifle

geeze you are a messy bugger @Maca49 you need to borrow my .22

Originally Posted by Dundee

geeze you are a messy bugger @Maca49 you need to borrow my .22

Can't you just shoot his rabbits from where you are with it?

Originally Posted by SlimySquirrel

Shit the bed.... that hornet rips em up!!!

I have a .17 hornet and its a bomb for small game, the .17 fireball, takes it to another level, and extends the range about 75m over the Hornet,
After getting a couple baby center fires, I can see now, how come the yanks, get into varminting so much, love the small sub cals, spotting your hits, in the scope is cool.

Originally Posted by Maca49

I spent $40.00 shooting rabbits today aaaarrrrggggghhhh
Reloading starts next week I hope!

is that the price for a box, of .17 hornet,
What powder have you got for your hornet,

Yep $39.00 per 25 just got some 2207 I think, should be able to reload this week .39 cents for projectile and powder and primer so awesome, got 100 cases to reload. How did you neck down .22 hornet cases?

Jeeze Macca - my Lab would scoff that stuff like it was his breakfast - you need to start head shooting them

Originally Posted by Maca49

Yep $39.00 per 25 just got some 2207 I think, should be able to reload this week .39 cents for projectile and powder and primer so awesome, got 100 cases to reload. How did you neck down .22 hornet cases?

I had to run them threw, the seater die, then the full length die, bit of imperial sizing wax, but found, that with out annealling they split, this was with PP cases, these are very close to capacity with the hornardy,
If you have not found it, Saubier, has a stickey on .17 hornet case forming from .22 hornet.
I have three or four boxes of New Hornardy brass, if you want one, $40.
2207 is equlivant to H4198, I gave up as the stuff I had, was to big stick size, and kept blocking case mouth. 2205 = H4227, 9.5-10gr with a pistol primer, 20 v-max worked good, be care full as 1/2 gr is 5-6% of case capacity and can reach max pressure real quick.
I will have my Varmint Cz back in NZ and dies on the 10th November, have two extra mags on order, going to shave the block on one, and see if I can get closer to the lands, not that I need too. As five shot groups, less that 1/2" last time out with 10gr 4227 and rem 6.5 primer and 20gr v-max, to mag length.
Both my Cz hornets seen to run accurate, with every powder, I have tried, still like N120 the best, but haven't seen any in NZ.
Yea, got to reload at that price, mind you HMR and .22 mag are pretty steep now too.