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Just for fun what guns do you have in hornet? I’ve beer a fan boy for many decades and have owned many. Rebarreled martinis had tight bores but shot ok. The Browning micro medallion shot lights out ( now at my sons home ). Old Savage and Rem shot well and were great in the gopher patch. I’m now down to 2, a Ruger #1 & #3. Your views and experience welcome. AJ
 
a j cave said:
Just for fun what guns do you have in hornet? I’ve beer a fan boy for many decades and have owned many. Rebarreled martinis had tight bores but shot ok. The Browning micro medallion shot lights out ( now at my sons home ). Old Savage and Rem shot well and were great in the gopher patch. I’m now down to 2, a Ruger #1 & #3. Your views and experience welcome. AJ
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I've beer ahh fan bouy awf this butt at this point in time don't own one.
Maybe one day.
 
Not a Hornet but it`s close cousin the .22 K-Hornet. CZ 527 loaded with `LIL GUN and 40 V-Max gives near .222 Rem performance. I have more accurate guns but the K-Hornet is just so much fun to shoot, greatly outperforms any rimfire in the wind, gets 530+ loads per can, it may just be the ultimate gopher killer.
 
dan belisle said:
Mine is a Kimber of Oregon Model 82. Very nice rifle, fussy about the loads it likes. - dan
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Ohhh, nice find!
- I passed on one of these, because it was missing the magazine... and the only one I came across, the guy was asking $300cdn for it.

Personally, still have a BRNO ZKW 465. Every so often I think about selling it (because it's not getting much use). Then I load a few rounds and take it out, remember how much it is... and back in the safe it goes.
 
Bad Bob said:
Not a Hornet but it`s close cousin the .22 K-Hornet. CZ 527 loaded with `LIL GUN and 40 V-Max gives near .222 Rem performance. I have more accurate guns but the K-Hornet is just so much fun to shoot, greatly outperforms any rimfire in the wind, gets 530+ loads per can, it may just be the ultimate gopher killer.
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I have a couple guns in 22 Hornet. CZ M6, BRNO 465 and a Savage.
I'm thinking of turning one into K-Hornet. I have K-Hornet dies already.
Guys have said this would de-value a gun, others say K-Hornet is a better round with less case problems.
I like 22 Hornet well enough but like the idea of being closer to .222 performance than .22lr level.
 
Pete04 said:
I have a couple guns in 22 Hornet. CZ M6, BRNO 465 and a Savage.
I'm thinking of turning one into K-Hornet. I have K-Hornet dies already.
Guys have said this would de-value a gun, others say K-Hornet is a better round with less case problems.
I like 22 Hornet well enough but like the idea of being closer to .222 performance than .22lr level.
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It may "de-value" a gun, but I don`t care. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the K-Hornet performed well above what I had expected it to, like I said it performs closer to a .222 but with 1/2 the powder. You can see the bullet impact, less muzzle blast, and unlike a 17HMR you can actually shoot in the wind. I personally found the 17HMR to be pretty much useless in the wind and when the price of the ammo went nuts I promptly sold mine. My CZ 527 with a 3-15x42 Weaver Super-Slam will do 1/2" 5 shot groups at 100 on a calm day. Nothing special as my .222, .223 & .204 will all do better than that, but there is just something about a 90+ year old cartridge that performs the way it does that I like. Downside is that I found it to be a finicky little thing when it came to re-loading for it. If you do start reloading for the K-Hornet I would strongly recommend a LEE NS Collet die and `LIL GUN. Oh yes almost forgot, I found bullet seating depth (COL) to be touchy also, took some trial and error to find the right set up.
 
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