Smellydog
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Wait, I was pondering bowlegged blades suggestion on the way home so when I got home I lifted the engine out of me car and stripped it down to check if it was about to blow up.
Good news, it wasn't about to blow up
22 Hornet, voyage of discovery...
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Good news, it wasn't about to blow up
I know, had a bit of a gay wobble but soon got over it!
Yeah the crown and threading are fine, not sure where BB's comment came from?
tim@tcs
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Me neither but it’s one of the better screw cuts I have seen and there are some horrors out there
Smellydog
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I've got an idea......
Did you use magnification , the fault can be slight but yeah you still might not see it especially with a mark 1 eyeball. I would just do it , indeed i might just take an inch off because a new thread and a new crown will hurt nothing . Rolling a ball bearing with grinding paste used to be the thing folks did but today just a few nights lamping getting in and out a truck can start this especially if you dont clean and oil on your return ( few do ) , costs less than 100 copper bullets
experiance over decades with used rifles, if you cannot narrow things down start sorting things that cannot do harm or cost a lot but can cross stuff off a list .
as the rifle is now shooting to the expectations of the owner i would leave well alone
The factory PPU rounds continue to shoot very well indeed! My order from kranks should be here next week, so can start knocking out some homebrew.
I am tempted to go for @Muir's method of filling the case with lil gun to the brim and seeing how that goes.
Any 22 hornet/lil gun users have pearls of wisdom to share?
Using PPU 45gr projectiles, PPU cases.
I am tempted to go for @Muir's method of filling the case with lil gun to the brim and seeing how that goes.
Any 22 hornet/lil gun users have pearls of wisdom to share?
Using PPU 45gr projectiles, PPU cases.
Bo Diddley
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Just what you already know;
Prep case.
Fill with Lil'gun.
Seat bullet.
Shoot & repeat & enjoy.....
small pistol primers , most ppu brass is thick walled and usinf lilgun you wont be able to put too much in . powder charges with lilgun is a bit different you can actually can get top velocity wit low loads but it will vary ( a lot ) as much as 200 fps . filling the case is in my experiance just fine , i just drop 22 hornet loads . no doubt at all you can tune the heck oyt of your load but the fact remains 22 hornet is honestly a 200 yard cartridge on a good day 10 mph full value wind with a 45 grain softpoint is 5.6 moa when your dealing wity small targets at 200 you need to pick your day ! Dont do this with a charge of vhit or any other powder though under any circumstances !
The whole 22 hornet thing IMO , is easy loading , little cost and little noise and you dont blow edible quarry to pieces . Your going to be impacting at 200 with more energy than a 22 WMR at the muzzle though so dont underestimate it as regards killing larger quarry - its capable in the hands of someone who can place their shot .
tim@tcs
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@hammo i take it you’re happy with the rifle then?
I don’t really need to ask, the look on your face when you handled it said enough!
I’m glad you are happy, it can be pot luck with used rifles that have gone through auction but frankly getting a hornet at all let alone a good one is a real treat!
I don’t really need to ask, the look on your face when you handled it said enough!
I’m glad you are happy, it can be pot luck with used rifles that have gone through auction but frankly getting a hornet at all let alone a good one is a real treat!
Yes Tim I am.
The pitted barrel is the only fly in the ointment, having a clean bore would have been better of course; however looking at how well it shoots I am already learning to live with it. Having it rebarrelled would be sheer lunacy at the moment, but may be a prospect much much later on.
Such a lovely light little rifle, I have been careful not to ruin it with a heavy scope. Funnily enough me and my old shooting buddy - who i dont see often these days - were both going to get a 22 hornet as our first centrefire, but we both ended up getting something else, me a 243. So this has been an itch I have wanted to scratch for years. The vast majority of my foxing is 75 to 150m, and I have been pleasantly surprised how this little cartridge performs within that envelope. At £19 per hundred for ppu 45gr SP's this will indeed be a cheap reloading round, so I can afford to belt a few rounds downrange at the club as well as foxing duties.
You forgot crimp!Just what you already know;
Prep case.
Fill with Lil'gun.
Seat bullet.
Shoot & repeat & enjoy.....
better ways to produce a straight round " which is what you are achieving with the crimp " I used to run my rounds on a DTI with a fixture but i way prefer L.E Wilson chamber type dies with neck bushings for 2 tho' of grip . less aggressive on the brass and the lowest run out you can get with this little oddball case, that didn't even know it was supposed to be finished when nitro powder replaced black !You forgot crimp!
If it’s any comfort I bought a sako 6.5x55 5 years ago from Ivythorn in full knowledge the rifle had a pitted bore. I test shot it and it shot everything great, I’ve conservatively put another 1200 rounds on it since there, the pitting is no worse, and it still shoots everything great. I give the rifle a pull through every 10-20 rounds and a clean a couple of times a year. Don’t overthink, just use.
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