22 cal air rifle pellets?

[adog]

Has anyone ever heard of loading 22 cal pellets in a 22 hornet? I heard you can load them with just a primer. Supposed to be great for gophers.

 

[dnepr]

ya I have done this but they didn't feed from the mag and droping them into the chamber one at a time is a pain in my old savage. the couple I tried seemed pretty accurate at close range.

 

[ckid]

I've never tried that, cause I don't have a hornet but it should work. I do something similar for .22 LR. I take a .22 pellet and attach it to a .22 cal starter pistol blank with a small "dot" of silicone seal. They work great in single shot .22's and .22 revolvers. They are extremely quiet, surprisingling accurate and pack quite a punch (+/- 750 fps over the chrono). No problem dropping crows and squirrels @ 40 yds. Just a note of caution - I believe some of the blanks are corrosive so clean accordingly.

 

[K98]

convert-a-pell.com has a kit. Not sure if you can get them here or how well they work though.