dieselbeef
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i got a savage thas awesome....the factory ammo is kinda high but they look like 223 for a 22
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.22 Hornet
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deadcoyote
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If you have a C&R I would recommend the Stevens model 325 or the Savage model 340, same rifle different badging, you know the deal. They were made in .22 hornet and with a little patience you can get one direct mailed to you in the $225 to $275 range. I just ( a year ago now) picked up a 1947 Stevens 325 in 30-30 with the butter knife handle and a beautiful stock on it for $190 shipped to my door!
I started out with a Handi-Rifle in 22 hornet, and it worked well... especially once I disabled the auto-eject feature so I wouldn't have to chase the little cases. It was a consistent 1 1/2" rifle at 100yds. I bought a Ruger bolt gun in the gray stainless, laminated stock version, but didn't like being limited by the magazine length. Plus it was a hog of a gun... too heavy to be a walk around plinker.
I traded it off and got a TC Contender Carbine with a 16" hornet barrel, that was probably the most accurate of the hornets I've had. It would consistently group around 3/4" at 100yds with my less-than-benchrest skills, and I got to shoot one group at 200yds with it... 5 shots into about 1 1/4".
I decided I wanted to go to the K-Hornet, so I sold that barrel and got a 21" (less muzzle blast) Bullberry barrel in the K version. It's the one I still have. It is a day in/out 1" shooter at 100yds. The carbine with synthetic handles on it probably weighs a whopping 5 pounds, and is a pure delight to carry around. It is great for turkey hunting (where legal), kills coyotes dead, and is just a stone cold jackrabbit taker.
3100fps with a 40gr bullet over a measly 13gr of powder is pure joy..
I traded it off and got a TC Contender Carbine with a 16" hornet barrel, that was probably the most accurate of the hornets I've had. It would consistently group around 3/4" at 100yds with my less-than-benchrest skills, and I got to shoot one group at 200yds with it... 5 shots into about 1 1/4".
I decided I wanted to go to the K-Hornet, so I sold that barrel and got a 21" (less muzzle blast) Bullberry barrel in the K version. It's the one I still have. It is a day in/out 1" shooter at 100yds. The carbine with synthetic handles on it probably weighs a whopping 5 pounds, and is a pure delight to carry around. It is great for turkey hunting (where legal), kills coyotes dead, and is just a stone cold jackrabbit taker.
3100fps with a 40gr bullet over a measly 13gr of powder is pure joy..
You have to keep in mind that the hornet is a old BP round and case that dates to the 1880s...just smokless vs BP is all. A win high wall would be in .22 WCF..they just say hornet as it sounds better is all.
While developed from the black powder .22WCF, the Hornet was not just replacement of the black powder with smokeless. .22 Hornet rifles got to the shooting public beginning in 1932-33, with just a bit of developement time from the 1880s blackpowder round on which it was originally based.
The Hornet was the first commercial smokelesspowder centerfire cartridge marketed for small game and pest control. It is the original "varmint" round of the modern era.
Has Browning's bolt-action Micro Hornet been mentioned yet? The only one as nice as the CZ 527; hard to find, though. Thanks to the Big Panic, I've had to settle for the Savage 25 in .22H, a decent package in the laminated stock and longer barrel, but a notch below the Browning or CZ.