I've been in love with the 22 K Hornet for a number of years and the part I liked least was the Fire Forming (FF). Cracked necks seemed impossible to avoid, sometimes more sometimes less but always happened.
My new found technique has had 100% success, though only with one brand of brass so far, Remington, but without annealing so I'm very excited about the chance for success.
First, I wanted no cracked necks, then in the current component environment I didn't want to waste good bullets. So I took some old, useless Eungin 32.4gn hunting pellets, Federal SPP, and 7gr Accurate TCM, and put together a load to test. The pellets are inserted backwards because the skirt is wider than the head of the pellet and that way they fit into a sized case but the skirt gets press fit into the cse mouth with just thumb pressure. They are of little use as far as anything more than practicing a smooth trigger pull, and they do lead up the barrel but it comes right out with just a few wet patches. I'm pleased and it is very cost effective because the only use for these junk pellets is to melt down to cast 357 bullets.
My new found technique has had 100% success, though only with one brand of brass so far, Remington, but without annealing so I'm very excited about the chance for success.
First, I wanted no cracked necks, then in the current component environment I didn't want to waste good bullets. So I took some old, useless Eungin 32.4gn hunting pellets, Federal SPP, and 7gr Accurate TCM, and put together a load to test. The pellets are inserted backwards because the skirt is wider than the head of the pellet and that way they fit into a sized case but the skirt gets press fit into the cse mouth with just thumb pressure. They are of little use as far as anything more than practicing a smooth trigger pull, and they do lead up the barrel but it comes right out with just a few wet patches. I'm pleased and it is very cost effective because the only use for these junk pellets is to melt down to cast 357 bullets.
