The quest for the perfect 40gr 22 Hornet bullet

Just stumbled on this thread.
I have a pair of CZ527’s in .22 Hornet, one running 35gr Vmax and my second I have a single shot tray for and load 40g Sierra Blitzking over Lil’Gun giving 3100ish fps with CCI 400’s and Remington brass.
The SBK is flat base unlike the Hornady 40gr VMAX so I have 3 box’s of the Hornady sat in my collection in opened with no use for them as I don’t think I will run them in my .222 and definitely not in my .22-250.
Welcome to the best 40gr 22Hornet thread on the Interwebs!! You're a very lucky fella to have not one but two 527's - does the one prefer the 35gr Vmax and the other 40gr Blitz or are they interchangeable?

I was fortunate to find 40gr Nosler Ballistic Tip Varmit (orange polymer) and 40gr Sierra Blitzking (green polymer) by visiting at least 8 different gun shops on my recent holiday road trip (my family understood that it was important and didn't complain :-) and I believe, with the inclusion of the Vmax this completes the available polymer tip options available in South Africa.

The Vmax and Ballistic Tip are almost identical, both having boat tails whilst the Blitzking is almost 0.4mm shorter with the flat base. I'll post pictures with more details in the morning.
 
Welcome to the best 40gr 22Hornet thread on the Interwebs!! You're a very lucky fella to have not one but two 527's - does the one prefer the 35gr Vmax and the other 40gr Blitz or are they interchangeable?

I was fortunate to find 40gr Nosler Ballistic Tip Varmit (orange polymer) and 40gr Sierra Blitzking (green polymer) by visiting at least 8 different gun shops on my recent holiday road trip (my family understood that it was important and didn't complain :-) and I believe, with the inclusion of the Vmax this completes the available polymer tip options available in South Africa.

The Vmax and Ballistic Tip are almost identical, both having boat tails whilst the Blitzking is almost 0.4mm shorter with the flat base. I'll post pictures with more details in the morning.

I simply haven’t got my carcass organised to load develop for the second hornet so just on factory currently. I will see if I can use the exact same load in both rifles but if not I will try 40gr Nosler Varmigeddon HP’s or 40gr Sierra Hornets 👍🏻
 
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