.22 Hornet dying?

I have a BRNO chambered in 22 Hornet. It has been given the "K" treatment, and is a sweet rifle. Light, miniature Mauser style action, and very accurate.
I have a 6x Leupold mounted, and any varmint inside of 225 yards or so is in very deep trouble. Regards, Eagleye.
 
I would think that giving flat shooting within 200 yards and being surprisingly quiet on the noise front will keep it going - might even become a bigger benefit as time goes on. I think that it must be right on the brink of a real shift-point in the performance noise trade-off: I have K-hornet and I think I can detect a real difference in the noise between regular hornet rounds and K rounds.

Which is quieter: 22 hornet or 204 Ruger?

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From I`ve read ,it`ll be around for awhile........and I hope so ,I`m going to look at some used rifles next week and one of them is a Savage 340B in 22 Hornet in very good condition.I hope the old guy has a bunch of ammo he wants to get rid of along with the gun!
Who knows ,I might even snag a few Winchester levers while I`m there.:)

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BlackBrant said:
From I`ve read ,it`ll be around for awhile........and I hope so ,I`m going to look at some used rifles next week and one of them is a Savage 340B in 22 Hornet in very good condition.I hope the old guy has a bunch of ammo he wants to get rid of along with the gun!
Who knows ,I might even snag a few Winchester levers while I`m there.:)

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I had the same riffle and although it was a great shooter...I wasn't impressed with it. At the time (8 years ago) I was having problems finding a way to mount the scope...standard rings and bases wouldn't work and I had to have a special braket (its so long ago now I forget most of the details about it) but it would move and loose all the time. Landed up giving it away to a good buddy for a barn gun to kill pigeons and stuff...he thinks it great!

I still do reloading for him and since I have the dies anyway, this is why I am thinking of picking another one up in the Remington 799
 
I have an NEF Handi-rifle and Savage 24F in .22hornet and 12ga. The NEF so far seems to shoot reasonably well with a cheapo Bushnell and while my 24F has an awfully heavy trigger, I was still able to get on target at 200m shooting from a bench with open sights. Combined with the 12ga, it makes for a nice small game and predator rifle. Since there's lots of hidden rocks under the leaves and grass where I hunt in shield country, I also like the idea of having something more akin to a frangible varmint round than an easily deflected .22LR.

The .22 hornet has lots going for it. For reloaders, you get several hundred rounds out of a pound of powder, and can tailor your loads to small game, varmints and predators. It's noise and recoil makes it more practical for newer shooters or hunting in areas where a more potent centerfire would draw too much attention. I'll be more than happy if I could master several field shooting positions and shoot accurately enough up to the maximum distances at which the round is capable of.
 
I don't really care about the availability of factory ammo. When you reload, considerations such as to popularity of a round are moot. Brass will continue to be available long long after factory ammo ceases to exist, and manufacturers no longer chamber for it.

But, the Hornet's had a pretty steady presence for a long long time, and if anything, it's growing in popularity. The Savage 40, Remington 799 are very recent entrants. The H&R/NEF and Ruger have been available for a decade or so, and the browning has always been available.
 
thinking back, the coolest hornet i have ever seen was a Mod 70 that my grandpa had go through his hands. Standard action length with a small bolt face and a blocked mag. Pre-64 of course. man i wish he hadn't sold that, but then again, he got a good chunk of cash for it.
 
The hornet has way more power and a 22lr and a lot less noise than the 223 or 204. If your reload, you can get 600 to 700 rounds per pound of powder, as it usually takes 10 -12 grs....
 
is the mod to a K-Hornet recommended?

"The popularity of the 22 K-Hornet was based on increased performance, plus the fact that any regular factory loaded ammunition could also be fired in the same chamber. "
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is this correct?
any unmentioned issues with firing .22 Hornet ammo in a K-Hornet chamber?
 
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manbearpig said:
yeah. broken down its still $15-17 for a box of ammo though, for which you can buy .22-250, .243, etc. and almost 40 rounds of .223 .45gr JHPs :(

the .17 Ackley Hornet also looks very interesting, although it doesnt sound like a simple build... are there any less expensive ways to put one together than a full custom build? anyone have one?
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If you are interested in hornet wildcats check out ww w.jamescalhoun.com

Edited to add: Dont bother. The website seems to have slipped of the edge of the earth. Anybody know where he went?

Ok. I found it. It's Jamescalhoon.com. not calhoun. Cant these guys spell?
 
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22 Hornet is a great little round for around the acerage.
Regarding the .223 Hornet bullets, the original hornet used .223 but was changed to the 224 about the mid to late 1930's according to one of my manuals.
Is it dead, no way, lots of rifles available.
 
The 22 Hornet has been dying for about a hundred years. Another hundred should finish it off.

Eeeew! I just found a 22 Hornet in my gunsafe.

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I'm taking it to the dump right away!
 
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