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Offline Gaz-52

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.22 Hornet with 1:9 twist barrel
« on: December 08, 2009, 02:11:05 AM »
        Hi , does anyone have any suggestions of a starting point to reload for this rifle ? I have yet to find reloading info for the hornet with this twist rate . I have a Lyman 55gn mold & a 45 gn mold of unknown origin . They produce nice little bullets complete with lube grooves . It would be great to get a bit more accuracy.  Thanks for this great site guys ,NEF/HANDIS are not all that common here in Australia so its "handi" to be able to tap into all the knowledge that haunts the site.
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Re: .22 Hornet with 1:9 twist barrel
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2009, 02:56:04 AM »
If you can get Hogdon LIL GUN powder that would be a great place to start. Also 35 Grain Vmax and 34 grain Midsouth (A GBO sponsor) varmint nightmare bullets have shown great accuracy with many members here.
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Re: .22 Hornet with 1:9 twist barrel
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2009, 05:36:35 AM »
Welcome aboard Gary!  ;) I'd just load em up and ignore the twist rate, Lil'gun is my Hornet powder, but I don't shoot cast, standard twist for the H&R Hornet has been 1:12", same as the 223 Rem which is now also 1:9" which shoots 45gr and bigger bullets just fine.  ;) I don't know if you have Lil'gun there, looking at the ADI data, show makes many of Hodgdon's powders, I don't see the equivalent to it in a ADI offering, but AR2207 data matches H4198 which in Hodgdon's data shows to be a nice low pressure powder at max loads. The Lyman 48th lists data for two cast bullets, 44gr and 55gr using several powders, among them H110 and IMR4227, both of which I believe are ADI powders.  ;)

Tim

http://www.adi-limited.com/handloaders-guide/equivalents.asp

http://www.adi-limited.com/handloaders-guide/rifle.asp
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