22 Hornet prime recommendations wanted

[Linko]

Been checking load books and find several listed. I also have read some reloaders using other choices like pistol primers.

What are some of you 22 Hornet shooters using.

Load books show:
Winchester (SR) small rifle
CCI 400
Remington 6 1/2

I am shooting only shooting target loads, I am not hunting. I have a Ruger 77/22 22 Hornet.

I will be loading bullets on the heavy side. 35 to 45 grain max

 

[dedogs]

Linko, WHAT POWDER WILL YOU BE USING?

 

[snert]

Rem 6 1/2 has been my go-to for my Hornet. Mild, yet enough, without moving the bullet too soon.

 

[sbranden]

I started with Rem 6 1/2 primers when I first started loading my 22 hornet and they work great. Plenty of others said you have to use small pistol primers in the hornet, but I haven't any problems getting loads that just drill. In my CZ 527, 13.2 of Lil'Gun with either the 35 V-MAX or 40 V-MAX, or even the 34 Midway dogtown hollow points, works great. I usually keep the 34/35 to 1.735" OAL, and the 40 V-MAX set at 1.765" to work comfortably in my magazine. I bought some winchester small pistol primers, and cci's as well (500's I believe they are), but haven't even broken them out yet. I'm on my second thousand of the Rem 6 1/2's now.

 

[Mr.270win]

Remington 6 1/2 for me also.

 

[Crow Juice]

I have a Contender Carbine and Savage Model 40. I load mostly Winchester brass but i have some Remington. For many years i loaded 12.9 grains of Lil-Gun with 40 grain Nosler BT's and Remington 5 1/2 pistol primers .However, I found on the Contender I would get some occasional leaking out the side wall of the primer pocket. I did not have this problem with Savage 40 .Going to the Remington 6 1/2 primer resolved this problem with no change in accuracy.

 

[LCazador]

Remington 6 1/2 primer, 12.8g LilGun, 40g Sierra SP, RWS brass. .223" for my Savage/Anschutz and .224" for my Exemplar!

 

[22DASHER]

Remington 6 1/2 for me too. I also used Lil Gun with mine. Shot very well

 

[Rick in Oregon]

Rem 6-1/2's in all my Hornets, from 17AH to K-Hornet, they've proven to be the best choice in every regard.

 

[rmist]

Fed 205 is all I use anymore...Lil' Gun and V-max's

 

[Dan Hall]

In my Anschutz 1730 DHB I shoot 13.0 gr LilGun under 35 gr V-Max bullets ignited by 205m primers. This shoots under 1/2” 5 shot groups at 100 yards. I bought Remington 6 1/2 primers just for this load and never ended up loading them once I saw what the 205s were doing. I love the 22 Hornet and shoot it all the time. It’s my favorite 22.

 

[Witchhunter]

Load up some with different primers and test for yourself. Primers will make a big difference in a Hornet. I usually start with 205m's but you will see groups change with just a primer change.

 

[TheOtherZilla]

I use CCi Small Pistol primers.

 

[pacificman]

I bought a savage model 25 ...and ended up with rem small rifle primers and 13.5 grains of Lil gun with the 35gr. v-max. Seems this is the best combo for this rifle. Don't know what it is but I sometimes enjoy shootin this rifle more than all the others. : ;D

 

[Linko]

When using small pistol primers has anyone tried different brands or magnum small pistol?

 

[dedogs]

72 days without even a thankyou or any other response and now you ask for more info?

 

[Linko]

72 days without even a thankyou or any other response and now you ask for more info?

Thank you all. (dedogs thanks for your pointing it out)

Sorry for the delayed response. I have a few too many rifle's in the fire. I have been wrapped up with learning how to reload in general, load testing and like I said way too many rifles. .223 the past weeks. Oh and I built a reloading bench also in the past few weeks.

I love my Hornet and should have waited until I had more time to devote to loads for it. Finding powder and primers alone is a full time job. Thought if I had a few recommendations for primers I could start finding some.

 

[nosualc]

I use Federal Small Pistol Primers (match), with Lil' Gun. Shoots very very well in my Anschutz 1730.

-nosualc

 

[kmon]

Tried CCI small rifle primers, then switched to CCI small pistol and groups got better. Winchester small pistol have also worked well for me. My Hornets are 77/22H and Browning Low Wall 1885m both shoot real well with Nosler 40gr BT and 13gr Lil-gun with CCI or Winchester small pistol primers.

I also use Winchester small pistol primers in the 25-20.

Never tried the Remington 6 1/2s but with thousands of the CCI and Winchester it will be a while before I buy any more of that size primers.

 

[Linko]

I have accumulated a fair amount of brass now and have some Lil Gun and 7 1/2's. I will start looking for some pistol primers to compare.

On another note. (I am having trouble decaping the factory brass) tough to get out. Like its crimped. Bent a few redding decaping stems in the process. (I have spares now.) Like working on a watch. Small and delicate brass. Havent gotten to triming and sizing.)