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Re: 22 Hornet

Post by roddy » Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:15 pm

I've been back-and-forth on a .22 Hornet for some time now...one of my local shops has an old BSA Martini (single-shot 'lever') chambered for that round sitting on the consignment shelf. Honestly though, I have .22 WMR rifles, and a really nice shooting 'Triple Deuce' (.222 Rem), so something in the middle probably wouldn't see much use.

The .17 (Hornady) Hornet has my attention, though. From what I have read, it sounds like fun.
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Re: 22 Hornet

Post by markiver54 » Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:17 pm

roddy wrote:
Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:15 pm
I've been back-and-forth on a .22 Hornet for some time now...one of my local shops has an old BSA Martini (single-shot 'lever') chambered for that round sitting on the consignment shelf. Honestly though, I have .22 WMR rifles, and a really nice shooting 'Triple Deuce' (.222 Rem), so something in the middle probably wouldn't see much use.
Can understand your logic roddy.
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Re: 22 Hornet

Post by roddy » Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:21 pm

markiver54 wrote:
Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:17 pm
roddy wrote:
Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:15 pm
I've been back-and-forth on a .22 Hornet for some time now...one of my local shops has an old BSA Martini (single-shot 'lever') chambered for that round sitting on the consignment shelf. Honestly though, I have .22 WMR rifles, and a really nice shooting 'Triple Deuce' (.222 Rem), so something in the middle probably wouldn't see much use.
Can understand your logic roddy.
You responded while I was editing my post...have you looked at the .17 Hornet?
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Re: 22 Hornet

Post by markiver54 » Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:31 pm

roddy wrote:
Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:21 pm
markiver54 wrote:
Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:17 pm
roddy wrote:
Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:15 pm
I've been back-and-forth on a .22 Hornet for some time now...one of my local shops has an old BSA Martini (single-shot 'lever') chambered for that round sitting on the consignment shelf. Honestly though, I have .22 WMR rifles, and a really nice shooting 'Triple Deuce' (.222 Rem), so something in the middle probably wouldn't see much use.
Can understand your logic roddy.
You responded while I was editing my post...have you looked at the .17 Hornet?
No, 🤔 only learned of the Hornet just yesterday. Will have to research it more. Not in the market for a new gun yet; I just found this to be very interesting. Just picked up my new Ruger single 10 recently, so, any additions will have to wait a while. :(
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Re: 22 Hornet

Post by Ojaileveraction » Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:44 pm

from what I`ve researched, the Hornet is about 600 fps faster than the .17
22 Hornet, 45 grain SP, MV 2690fps
17 Winchester Super Mag, 25 grain High Energy, mv 2600fps
17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, 20grain fmj, MV 2375fps.

The Hornet info from the internet, the rimfire info is off ammo in my cabnet.
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Re: 22 Hornet

Post by roddy » Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:05 pm

I caved...picked up a .22 Hornet today. It is a Brno ZKW 465 bolt-action rifle, c1971. This will be my first experience with a double-set trigger.
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Re: 22 Hornet

Post by JEBar » Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:10 pm

roddy wrote:
Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:05 pm
I caved...picked up a .22 Hornet today. It is a Brno ZKW 465 bolt-action rifle, c1971. This will be my first experience with a double-set trigger.
congratulations .... looking forward to pictures, range reports, and use impressions .... will it be a hunter .. :?: .. if so, for what .. :?: ..
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Re: 22 Hornet

Post by North Country Gal » Fri Nov 22, 2019 5:06 pm

Brno is a great Czech gun make. On and off over the years they've been a part of CZ, so it's no coincidence that some CZ designs are very much like Brno designs, especially the CZ 452 rimfires. I'm about to cave, too, on ordering in a CZ 527 in 22 Hornet. We already have a CZ 527 in 223, so it's hard to justify another 527 in 22 Hornet, but I love the 22 Hornet, so that's that.
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Re: 22 Hornet

Post by bandit1250 » Fri Nov 22, 2019 6:41 pm

North Country Gal wrote:
Fri Nov 22, 2019 5:06 pm
Brno is a great Czech gun make. On and off over the years they've been a part of CZ, so it's no coincidence that some CZ designs are very much like Brno designs, especially the CZ 452 rimfires. I'm about to cave, too, on ordering in a CZ 527 in 22 Hornet. We already have a CZ 527 in 223, so it's hard to justify another 527 in 22 Hornet, but I love the 22 Hornet, so that's that.
NCG, If I would have known you wanted a 527 Hornet I could have sold you my CZ 527 Hornet FS that I never fired and just sat here gathering dust. With me being a reloader it was always to easy to load my 222 Sako from 2450-2500 FPS with a 50 gr. bullet with much better accuracy than fooling with the paper thin Hornet brass. The 222 loaded to that speed was a killing machine with minimal meat damage on turkeys. One thing for sure the most accurate Hornet's I ever saw shoot were T/C Contenders and Contender carbines. Ruger 77 Hornets were usually the worst in accuracy I ever had the chance to shoot. Mine was not here very long.
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Re: 22 Hornet

Post by roddy » Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:36 pm

JEBar wrote:
Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:10 pm
roddy wrote:
Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:05 pm
I caved...picked up a .22 Hornet today. It is a Brno ZKW 465 bolt-action rifle, c1971. This will be my first experience with a double-set trigger.
congratulations .... looking forward to pictures, range reports, and use impressions .... will it be a hunter .. :?: .. if so, for what .. :?: ..
Thanks. It will be a while before I get to this one...there's a few lined up in front of it. I will try to get some pics up, though. I'm more of a plinker than a hunter. If I did hunt, I would also leave this one in the safe in favor of my .222. Small caliber stuff is interesting, and I've been curious about this cartridge for a while.
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