Depending on application. I wouldn’t shoot a fox at 250 yards with the hornet, my .223 will do it all day long.
22 Hornet AI
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Swings and roundabouts because, you loose at least half as much brass again than 223 etc . I would say the economy of a 22 hornet is a lot longer barrel life , keep it cleaned and oiled in storage and your good for many , many years
I haven't bought one yet. I'm just contemplating it. I had one years ago. I will have to get rid of my .22 semi-auto to get a variation first.
Smellydog
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Didn't the chap mention 150 yards?
@Smellydog nope!
He didn’t mention intended use at all.
But even then, if you shoot in windy conditions hornet can’t come close. It all comes down to the style of shooting and the rifle’s intended purpose. But the K doesn’t really offer anything over the standard, not enough to change a rifle or have rechambered which will likely cost the reamer, plus new dies.
Smellydog
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Blaser Ash
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To be fair to the op he was just asking for info about rechambering a .22 hornet to K Hornet, and wondering if anyone knew whether it could be done on a specific type of lathe.
I think he just wants to do it for the interest and challenge of doing it, and we have all been piling in suggesting he does something else. I’m as guilty as anyone by suggesting he buys a used .17 Hornet!!!
I hope he gets the info he needs and gets it done. The k hornet is surely as much of a challenge to shoot well as anything else and from what I have read, is a worthwhile step up from the Standard hornet. I’ve owned standard .22 hornets over the years but never a k hornet. I hope the op comes back and tells us what improvements reaming out a .22 hornet to K Hornet makes to the rifle he is looking to buy.
Wasn’t responding to him
I suspect that is after I sent him a k hornet case for his brass collection recently……
I’m not suggesting anything, other than there’s not enough in it to bother.
As for things being challenging, I like to keep it as unchallenging as possible when it comes to shooting live quarry.
I read a few years ago that there are two reamers you can buy. The normal one which will only do a chamber once. Can't remember the price. Or the Tungsten Carbide production reamer which cost $250 a couple of years ago.
The issue is shooting a rifle fire hardens a chamber, so the couple of times I’ve enquired about converting to an ackley chamber I’ve been told I’d need to buy the reamer, by 2 different smiths, as it ruins it.
Smellydog
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Huh?? I was...Wasn’t responding to him
That is correct. The local gunsmith who fits barrels and actually markets is own action, reckoned that because of what you said he would only supply a new barrel for £600.
But, I got back to the reamer makers in the USA and they said that those old chambers aren't has hard has you think they are.
Fair one
.Either way, I think we’re in agreement, stick with the standard hornet. Unless of course the OP or the chap you responded to, want something just because. Which is fine!
So are you taking your barrel to the US to to have it rechambered?
It may up the costs a bit!
I am a bit senile, but no, thats where they make the chambering reamers unless you know better.? A real man would make his own chambering reamer. But I'm not a machinist by trade. And, the old Myford does not have CNC machining capabilities, I cannot afford to buy them. Although I would say some of the guys who make model trains etc. are well capable of such tasks.
My biggest let down is I'm also a person who tries to grow organic vegetables, which is hard work. I also still have to paint some of my own windows, change my own oil, do my own plumbing, cook and clean the house. And I'm not keeping up.
I also had all my garden machinery breakdown all at once, but I fixed most of it. I also poured red wine on the PC's keyboard and sent it nuts, but I fixed it.
That is what is making it hard to go shooting but I still do. I am also lucky in having free deer stalking and some rabbiting which I will have to get into more.
On the downside I did my last one arm press up at 68 and saw stars. So I have packed that in for good!
Warp Toad.
I’m a bit lost, are you saying that the reamer could be bought in from the US?
Gave up on the veg this year, house renovation to finish off! Plenty of shooting to do but jealous of your rabbits, a bit thin on the ground here so I only shoot where they are on the crops.
Why not. It's only a tool. I haven't fully checked it to be sure. But your not making a firearm, you are just improving on what you have. You can buy chambering reamers probably from Brownells in the UK, but they would cost you probably.
Mind you it could have altered with all this terrorist crap.
Hopefully I can make this link work to Shooters Forum, about guys who have hand reamed hornet to k hornet chambers.
How do I correctly hand ream a 22 K Hornet chamber _ Shooters' Forum
I will have to check if it is still legal but it was a couple of years ago.
Warp Toad.
Just checked and you can buy them from Brownells UK.
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