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Offline Inrut24/7

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Hornet kills
« on: February 22, 2008, 04:49:47 AM »
Here are the groundhogs I shot with my hornet last summer, 35 grain v-max 13grns lil gun, win brass, cci srp, tasco 6x24 milldot varmint scope.  closest shot 10 yards, farthest shot 230 yards.





















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Re: Hornet kills
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2008, 04:57:29 AM »

opps forgot a few....








 
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Re: Hornet kills
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2008, 05:18:15 AM »
Lots of boot laces there,good job. Kurt
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Re: Hornet kills
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2008, 10:31:55 AM »
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Re: Hornet kills
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2008, 10:40:28 AM »
Very nice!  Those are some big critters. 

I've been getting the itch to get out after some of them myself.  Today's ice, sleet, snow and rain sure dampened the spirits after 70 degrees this past Monday.  ::)

Oh well, it won't be long.   ;)
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Re: Hornet kills
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2008, 11:04:11 AM »
Looks like you had a busy summer!!
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Re: Hornet kills
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2008, 12:44:16 PM »
your like myself i love poppin piggies with the hornet round  is fun to hear it  go pluck  on a longer shot hahaha
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Re: Hornet kills
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2008, 01:07:01 PM »
I remember a few of those pics last spring...nice. I hope to get my Hornet to shoot as well. I noticed that is some of the pictures your Hornet had the pallet wood stocks and then some had cinnamon lams. Is that the same rifle or do you have two different ones? Also noticed the barrel is heavier than mine; standard weight? I have a SL. One more...I saw the bi-pod I assume that it shoots well off of it. I also plan on shooting mine off of a bi-pod. I have to stalk along fence rows and woods edges to find my opportunities so I wanted a light weight gun that could do the job out to 150 yards or so and shoot it off of a bi-pod because they are light weight and portable. I have plenty of other guns, but they get heavy after walking 2 hours of so. Man, I can't wait for those 'hogs to start popping up this spring. :D
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Re: Hornet kills
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2008, 01:10:08 PM »
Nice shootin'. Looks like you had some good hunting.

 I think the Hornet is an ideal round for ground hogs up to about 100 yards. Beyond that range I'll use my Fireball out to 200 yards.

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Re: Hornet kills
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2008, 02:56:02 PM »
Awesome! That Hornet can get 'er done! It is definitely my favorite Handi.

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Re: Hornet kills
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2008, 03:19:53 PM »
Awesome. Wish we had them out here. You can only shoot so many ground squirrels before you wish you had something else to shoot.
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Re: Hornet kills
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2008, 02:42:46 AM »
thanks guys, laotto222 Im pretty sure mine is the standard contour barrel hornet, It might just look bigger without the iron sights.  Its the same gun in all the pictures, I sold those pallet wood ones to d-hiker and bought the cin lams from handi243 sometime last spring. Both my 223 and my hornet shoot great from the bipods, I notice no major changes is group size weather I shoot from the forearm Hinge or bipod.     
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