Plinking With The 22 Hornet

[Elliott 436]

Just a little clip of some plinking at 180 yards with the 22 Hornet using 35gr V-Max, 12.5gr Lil Gun, CCI 400 primers and Winchester brass:

 

 

Think I'm settled on the 40gr V-Max moving forward after producing this group using 12.5gr of Lil Gun. Just would've liked it to have grouped as well with more powder

 

[shropshire dan 467]

Nice one Elliott. What do you think of Factory ammo for the .22 hornet?

 

Thanks

Dan

[Elliott 436]

Only tried the Winchester ammo that got thrown in with the rifle, Dan. Fair to say that it was pretty average at best

[shropshire dan 467]

Oh right cheers Elliot. I'm gonna have to put a feeler out for anyone local to me with a .22 hornet who wouldn't mind me having a quick go.

[Elliott 436]

Good luck! Reloading for the Hornet is a doddle if you decide to take it up. I'm sure any factory offering from Hornady will do well

[shropshire dan 467]

I've used Hornady in all my CF rifles and have always been a good round.

 

Thanks again Elliott and keep up the vids mate

[ianm 2,594]

I don't know of one rifle regardless of manufacturer that doesn't like the Hornady 20grn vmax .17 Hornet factory ammunition.

[shropshire dan 467]

Think I'd prefer a .17 hornet as I'd like to use night vision without the worry of hold over

[Elliott 436]

Think I'd prefer a .17 hornet as I'd like to use night vision without the worry of hold over

It's a nice calibre Dan and a good choice for NV but not any more "accurate" in my experience. Flat trajectory can be handy. I think you'd make a do with either

Edited October 19, 2016 by Elliott

[shropshire dan 467]

Cheers Elliot will have to have a look around

[Jax13 251]

Think I'd prefer a .17 hornet as I'd like to use night vision without the worry of hold over

Exactly how much range without holdover do you want?

 

My 22 is pretty much point and click (a missing head is a missing head regardless of where the bullet actually strikes) on bunnies out to 150 and very little lift is given out to 175.

 

Not really stretched it further as under nv you really don't need the extra range, even poor field craft can get you into point and click range.

 

On fox it drops them just as efficiently as a 223 out to 150.

[shropshire dan 467]

200 yards max mate. I've used a .22-250 and .243 for years but want a smaller fox round

[Jax13 251]

I wouldn't get hung up on 17 hornet over 22.

 

22 is still going to be doing the business at 200 yards with twice the weight of vmax to tickle things with.

 

I'd also be weary of going down the 17 route personally as none of the 17 centrefire calibres seem to have become mainstream despite good reports from use. This suggests to me that despite their performance on ballistic tables, there must be something about them that has stopped them reaching the popularity of all the 22 cal cf's

[shropshire dan 467]

Cheers Jax. I'm going to have to have a serious think about it. My local doesn't stock .17 hornet ammo so that's definitely a negative to start with lol

[slipper 116]

I'm going with the 22 hornet Dan, I'm sick of taking 2 rifles when I go out, cheapish to reload so I am using it for everything foxes crows rabbits, and its going to be a cz527 same as my 223, just used to the trigger