I am thinking about buying a 22 Hornet but gosh have the guns ever risen in price. They seem to be up 40-50% from just over a year ago. I have looked at the Browning, Ruger, and CZ what do you think of these or another brand? Has anyone got any deals to pass along?
22 Hornet
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I have a Savage 23d in .22 Hornet . Its a good little unit. Its a real shooter accurate and fun to shoot. I haven't had much time to develop a good load for it just been using start loads from my reloading books. But even those are very accurate. Factory ammo has gone up stupid high in price and spent brass is non existant. you can buy the unprimed brass in the bags but those arn't cheap either.
I have 3 of the CZ that are hornet chambered, beauties all of them. There is a real nice Cooper in Hornet at P&D in Edmonton, reg price for a new one is $1799.00, I think they want $1499.00 for it, appears to be unfired.
May be more than you want to spend, but a new CZ is north of $900.00
FS
Couldn't rsist putting up a picture of my old Brno, I think about late 40s or early 50s, with the vintage, made in Texas, Weaver K6 scope.
A beautiful old girl you have there! I bet she is a real shooter! What kind if distances are you getting out of her?
Couldn't rsist putting up a picture of my old Brno, I think about late 40s or early 50s, with the vintage, made in Texas, Weaver K6 scope.
Wow, is that ever well looked after!
In an effort to educate myself in centerfire rifles/calibers where would a .22 Hornet have it's benefits? Is it comparible to a .22-250?
I love the 22 Hornet. The K Hornet is even better. I must admit though If I only had a choice of one centerfire 22 cal rifle, it would have to be chambered in 223Rem, with at least a 1-9 twist rate, even faster if available.
Glock4ever
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A 22 hornet is not comparable to a .223/22-250/220 Swift in any shape or form. It is a relatively low recoil and noise cartridge.
I have the Ruger 22H, love the cartridge, should have bought a CZ or Cooper.
Couldn't rsist putting up a picture of my old Brno, I think about late 40s or early 50s, with the vintage, made in Texas, Weaver K6 scope.
I have the same riffle only I had it converted to the K-Hornet. Still just shooting virgin 22 Hornet brass untill I get the 300 rounds fireformed and I am amazed at how accurate it is. I picked mine up from a member on here last winter. Can't wait to use it for jacks this winter.
RyanB
.22 Hornet is better compared to .22LR or WMR than .22-250.
I've got a .22 Hornet. It's a good gun; definitely not a 22/250, but it's got a fair bit of steam. Comparing it to a .22 lr or .22 WM is underrating it a-bit. I grew up shooting all three.
As a youth I shot a WT at 50-75 yds ( statute of limitations in effect now ), it dropped it handily. It wasn't the first deer that gun had shot either. In the sixties it accounted for more than a few deer according to my dad.
It won't explode medium sized animals at 400 yds but it's still a potent 150-200 yd varmit gun. Probably be really good chioce for higher population density areas.
Might need to fire a box or two at longer distances to dial in the trajectory
( thats what I told my son when he recieved it as a coyote gun this summer)
as it's not laser beam flat like the hpyer - velocity varmiters.
If you like it; try and test a friends if you can, buy it , shoot it & enjoy.
As a youth I shot a WT at 50-75 yds ( statute of limitations in effect now ), it dropped it handily. It wasn't the first deer that gun had shot either. In the sixties it accounted for more than a few deer according to my dad.
It won't explode medium sized animals at 400 yds but it's still a potent 150-200 yd varmit gun. Probably be really good chioce for higher population density areas.
Might need to fire a box or two at longer distances to dial in the trajectory
( thats what I told my son when he recieved it as a coyote gun this summer)
as it's not laser beam flat like the hpyer - velocity varmiters.
If you like it; try and test a friends if you can, buy it , shoot it & enjoy.
I stood in a field and shot an entire box of 50 rounds at ground hogs that kept sticking up their hed to se what the noise was.
A bigger caliber, like 223 or 22-250 would have bothered the farmer 9very load) and the hogs probably would have kept theri head down.
My grouped terrible until I loaded something milder than the 'start load" . then it grouped around an inch. (A Brno like the one pictured.)
A bigger caliber, like 223 or 22-250 would have bothered the farmer 9very load) and the hogs probably would have kept theri head down.
My grouped terrible until I loaded something milder than the 'start load" . then it grouped around an inch. (A Brno like the one pictured.)
mudgunner49
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I traded off my Ruger 22H a few years back and have regretted it ever since. I got a #1-B in .280 for it but I've been looking for a CZ to replace it and when I find one (and there is cash in my pocket simultaneously) it will be mine.
I've even been tempted by the NEF Lightweight Handi-Rifle - I think that it would make an ideal survival gun...
blake
I've even been tempted by the NEF Lightweight Handi-Rifle - I think that it would make an ideal survival gun...
blake
hugh manuell
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I have a Win. Model 70 in .22 Hornet. When I was younger I shot a lot of groundhogs with it. Those little bullets seemed to zero in on the hogs as if they were on a string. Nowadays it doesn't get much action. I'll have to do something about that.
