Just put together a 22 Hornet on an Encore frame with a MGM barrel to shoot squirrels. It all started at the end of season here in Michigan when the availability of .22LR ammo was nil to none and the price skyrocketed. We have squirrels dogs so our shots are relatively close within 40yrds. The discipline has been to only do head shots…they are tasty little jaspers. After reading a couple posts on downloading the Hornet, the race was on. The other requirement was using cast bullets. My friend Trucker is the “Cast Master” and I’m the shooter (average at best) so he started casting the little devils in a variety of available molds (RCBS, LYMAN, NOE and LEE} in .225 caliber. Seeing we have an abundance of Red Dot it’s our choice of powder. After loading a vast variety of bullets and powder charges, we settled on 48gr. Lee Bator’s with 1.8 grains of Red Dot. This combo has been the best at close to 5/8” groups and average 1180 fps. We are looking to get a Lyman 225438 but it has been eluding us like a squirrel in a pine tree. If you have an abundance of squirrels or 225438 bullets/molds let me know.