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Offline coyotehunter223

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Can I Ream My Own Hornet to K-Hornet?
« on: January 12, 2006, 02:23:42 PM »
What's involved?
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Can I Ream My Own Hornet to K-Hornet?
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2006, 02:26:04 PM »
Rent or buy a reamer, hand turn it in the present chamber(be sure to use cutting oil),  thoroughly clean chamber..

then fireform some standard Hornet cases to make K-Hornet cases.

easy as that...
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Can I Ream My Own Hornet to K-Hornet?
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2006, 02:48:03 PM »
yup what he said. i think you'll love the khornet. good move.
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« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2006, 04:35:37 PM »
We did the conversion (or rather a more talented friend of ours did) from .22 Hornet to K Hornet in a Handi and my old Savage 219.  They both turned out very well and shoot as accurately as ever.  I've learned a little about shooting .22 cast bullets in the fire forming process.  It's best to start with new brass, though I annealed  some old brass and didn't lose many cases in the process.  It's a fine and fun shooting caliber. We used 7.4 grs of 5744 behind a 46 gr gas checked cast bullet for fire forming and even got good accuracy with that load.  Happy K Hornet shooter here for sure.
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