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Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass - Gussy - 07-18-2021
I know someone on here must shoot a hornet. Well, to keep it legal, at least part of the time I'll be using an 1885 Browning.
Now to the question...... I bought a fairly large quantity of once fired WW brass. I'm planning on a full length resize the first time since I have no idea what the original chamber was. From then on, since I'm shooting it, I'll neck size only.
Is it worth it to anneal it?
RE: Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass - Kurt - 07-18-2021
Gus,
Win brass is pretty soft. If it's really just once fired I don't think I would anneal it.
If you do just don't crimp it to tight.
RE: Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass - MikeR - 07-20-2021
Gussy. 100% legal. The.22 Hornet started out as the.22 WCF, a black powder round.
RE: Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass - Don McDowell - 07-20-2021
Someday I want to get one of those CZ rifles in 22 hornet.
As thin as that brass is I don't think annealing it would be a great idea.
RE: Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass - Gussy - 07-20-2021
As is normal, I'm finding stories both ways on the internet. But, I'm not a trusting person of keyboard experts. Though some here actually used one and had experience. I've had one for a long time, just be haven't shot it enough to go through a lot of brass.
I have the original 300 pieces of Remington brass and lucked into over 1000 pieces of WW at a very low price, couldn't pass it up
What l did see fairly regularly and made sense was only neck size. I have a new Lee neck sizer collet die.
RE: Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass - Gussy - 07-20-2021
I think I'm going to take a hundred of the Remington and anneal. I'll find out which works. They have at least 3 loadings now.
RE: Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass - Don McDowell - 07-20-2021
Looking forward to what you find out
RE: Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass - Gussy - 02-02-2022
Cabin fever setting in. 30 degrees but I thought it was time to put on the gloves and heavy clothes and get out there!
I've never shot anything below 40 gr in the Hornet. I bought a box of 30 gr Barnes varmint bullets to see if they would shoot good. I wasn't disappointed! Used H110, 10.5-11.1 grains as noted on the target. Only one over 1\2" @ 50 yds and I pulled that one on the second target.
I didn't get any sand bags out, just pulled the portable bench over to the 50 yd target lane and used the front rest of the lead sled.
RE: Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass - Don McDowell - 02-02-2022
That's looking like a shooter.
RE: Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass - Kurt - 02-02-2022
That little hornet looks like it has an appetite for anything you feed it.
I should dig a couple of my bolt rifles out and warm the barrels. I don't have to freeze the fingers wiping between shots with them.
The last time I shot one we had an egg shoot and I used the .308 but I used shells that have been sitting since the 80's and I had to bump the bullets in the seating die to break them loose. They all snapped when the pressure hit them. But they hit 5 for 5 at 200 yards with no problem.