22 Hornet Mold?

[Littlewolf]

noe has cloned the 225450 47gr spire that shoots great in my 22hornet handi-rifle I have the old ideal made mold in 1 cav but I could send ye some of those lubed and gas checked if you want

[davidheart]

I appreciate it Littlewolf. I received a whole bunch of help from a few guys here and I'd hate to impose anymore. Thank you so much for your offer!

[SSGOldfart]

My OLD Lyman is also single cav. I feel your pain,but a pot-o-lead last's a looooonnnngggg time!!!!

Yes it does,I have both the old single cavity and a couple of the newer NOE Sir you need to check your bore some of those older Hornet have a .223 bore with 1/16" twist, most newer ones are.224 bore with 1/12"twist.

[BrassMagnet]

The twist is easy to check with a cleaning rod and a marking pen.

[davidheart]

The twist is easy to check with a cleaning rod and a marking pen.

Yep, that's how I checked it. 1/16 twist. .223 bore.

[SSGOldfart]

I have a few boxes of .223 j words if your interested
They are 40gr hornet Sierra#1100and 45 gr Sierra
Shoot me a pm if you want them,my newest hornet is a .224

[farmbif]

I hate thieves, I'm in about the same situation with a hornet, I found a new in the box old stock charles daly superior grade last summer for the original sticker price. I finally got a bag of new brass and a Lyman M die. From what I've read it also has 1-16 twist which means that It would most likely shoot the 225438 reliably. I have been wondering if unique might work in the hornet. I hav'nt seen 2400 on a store shelf or online in years

[davidheart]

I found this thread for you: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...or-a-22-Hornet

I'd figure 3-5gr of unique with a 45gr boolir will work great. I've been using 2gr bullseye for a 50 yard load with NOE WFN 45gr boolits Rich was generous to send me.

[No_1]

I dearly love the 22 Hornet and have subscribed to this thread.

[4719dave]

I would really like to thank all you guys for posting all this 22 hornet stuff ..Because ive got the bug ... And now own a contender ..

[richhodg66]

I found this thread for you: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...or-a-22-Hornet

I'd figure 3-5gr of unique with a 45gr boolir will work great. I've been using 3gr bullseye for a 50 yard load with NOE WFN 45gr boolits Rich was generous to send me.

How's 3 grains working with that bullet? I haven't gone above 2 with it being plain based and that seemed good enough. I don't use it in my bolt gun like yours, but in my 219, which is inherently a less accurate rifle, it's almost like I can't miss with it when hunting.

Did you get that WFN to feed through the magazine in your 340?

[davidheart]

Oh yea Rich, the NOE WFN feeds perfectly fine. I could get the OAL for you after church.

2gr! I didn't go up to 3gr for Bullseye. That was a typo I'm going to fix ASAP in the above post! I'll test it up to 3gr, but I haven't gone there yet!

[davidheart]

Well this will tell you how hectic my week has been! Here are those OAL numbers I was supposed to get to y'all "after church" last Sunday.

Lee Bator 45gr - 1.650
NOE WFN 45gr - 1.640
Lyman 225438 41gr - 1.745
Lyman 225415 50gr - 1.756

Using PPC 22 Hornet Bass trimmed with a Lee case trimmer to minimum length, chamfered, deburred and flash hole deburred.

Boolits were seated to meet two requirements:
1) Fit the Savage 342 magazine to feed properly (1.770 MAX)
2) Seat the cast boolit touching the lands in my grandfather's rifle.

I have 35 boolits loaded up, ready for testing. The scope bonking out really hindered my testing though. I haven't had the time to fiddle with it. When I have more data. I'll be sure to post here though. Maybe the information will help somebody?

[davidheart]

Lee Bator 45gr - 1.650
NOE WFN 45gr - 1.640
Lyman 225438 41gr - 1.745
Lyman 225415 50gr - 1.756

Finally shot the NOE WFN at 1.5gr and 2gr at the above OAL's.

1.5gr Bullseye gave me 4 shots within 1 inch @ 25yards w/ 1 flier

2gr Bullseye gave me 5 shots within 1/2 inch @25 yards w/ no flier

No fouling. Report was less than a 22lr so much so one of my goats walked over in the field and laid down 5 feet from where I was shooting... and just watched me while she was chewing her cud. Report and recoil was so low I actually checked after several of the shots if they squibed.