22 Hornet zero and accurate range

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Guys
i’m using winchester 45 grn soft point in my two hornets zeroed spot on at a 100 yds

had a sit up for an hour after dark last night grassed a fox at 135 yds absolute 100% on the money dropped to the shot normally only use the hornet out to a 100 then either the 222 or 204 take over, not a lover of holdover shooting
pretty sure this little round is capable of solid accurate shooting at a greater range

my question (s)

1). zero range

2). realistic accurate range

3). does the k hornet hold a better range and performance


answers on a postcode

 

[B&W FOX]

1) 150 yard zero
2) 180 yards depending on the wind

Night time use only with thermal.

 

[One on top of two]

150m zero for me
I home load for mine
It’s a beautiful little calibre imho.

 

[kimh]

150 for me

 

[Ttocs]

100 zero
180 yards self imposed maximum - less if it’s windy
I’ve shot foxes out to 190 yards (3” drop with 40gr Vmax @ 3030f/s)
shot a group at 200 and it was about 1/2” so the accuracy is there just the 40gr Vmax is running out of steam, wind and the trajectory start to become significant.
N

 

[Fox Red]

100 zero
180 yards self imposed maximum - less if it’s windy
I’ve shot foxes out to 190 yards (3” drop with 40gr Vmax @ 3030f/s)
shot a group at 200 and it was about 1/2” so the accuracy is there just the 40gr Vmax is running out of steam, wind and the trajectory start to become significant.
N

Great for longer-range rabbits too!

 

[Beretta V]

Hornet is a very capable round and I’m surprised that it isn’t more popular

 

[Edinburgh Rifles]

Had a look at the data to waste some time
Using your 40gr at 3030fps example

That bullet has 3x the energy at 300m of a .22lr inside 50m (more than happy to shoot foxes with subsonic .22 at that range)
Certainly nothing ineffective there
11” drop on a 170yd zero is manageable with good data and a rangefinder

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[Klenchblaize]

100 Yard Zero.

K

 

[Ratel]

150 zero, 200 shoot. As a youngster I regularly shot Fallow with a Hornet at 100 with Winchester HPs. It is a capable little round in the right spot. Lilgun and 45 GR Sierra make a good job of foxes.

 

[Covert]

150 zero.
Used a HW60J with a 8x56 with Winchester 45 soft points for 15 years for lamping foxes last century. Very effective,accurate and pleasant to shoot.
Friend had a 22 K Hornet which had a bit more zing, only one I ever saw.

 

[Ttocs]

For me, the issue at longer range with the 40gr Vmax and the Hornet is the wind drift but when it’s not windy, with a 100 yard zero my max point blank is 180 yards.
Not quite sure what Ed is saying with “ 11” drop on a 170yd zero “. Here’s an extract of my ballistic chart 40gr Vmax 3030f/s 10mph side wind adjusted for my scope height above barrel. And a 100nyard group from my 1730.

 

[Klenchblaize]

I should have said “zero at 100 yards and most shots taken at under 60 as I like to stalk my foxes”.

If I wanted to shoot them at distance I’d not have my 220 Swift languishing on a RFD’s shelf for “not a lot of money”!

K

 

[Edinburgh Rifles]

For me, the issue at longer range with the 40gr Vmax and the Hornet is the wind drift but when it’s not windy, with a 100 yard zero my max point blank is 180 yards.
Not quite sure what Ed is saying with “ 11” drop on a 170yd zero “. Here’s an extract of my ballistic chart 40gr Vmax 3030f/s 10mph side wind adjusted for my scope height above barrel. And a 100nyard group from my 1730.

Zero at 170yds
11" drop at 300yds

 

[kimh]

Zero at 170yds
11" drop at 300yds

so at 30yrds, it would be?

 

[Edinburgh Rifles]

so at 30yrds, it would be?

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0.25" low

 

[Muir]

I zero 1" high with 34 grain bullets. About dead on again at 180.

My son spent every summer home from university with his Hornet on his shoulder. I once posted a short video of a prairiedog taking a 35 grain VM in the head at 175 yards in a brisk cross wind. (Think walnut sized) He made the shot off the top of a fence post and didnt think much of it because.... He was extremely well practiced with it. If you are going to shoot a Hornet effectively at range (305 is my longest kill) you need to shoot it all the time. I think back to those summers and there was hardly a picture of the boy without his Hornet and his S&W M28.~Muir

 

[kimh]

Good ole 22 Hornet, it was my Father's Roe round of choice as well as the 35 Whelen for bigger stuff...

 

[Old Codger]

Also 1 inch high at 100 yards, 35gr vmax over 12.5gr lil gun, good for 180 yards…..subject to wind!