Standing in the middle of this reloading forest I see a trail marked every one of the 360 degrees I turn. And I like looking at all of them. Anyway, this trail is .22Hornet and Lil' Gun powder. Using the online Hodgdon reloading data center, a major favorite site for exploring, it shows that powder as good for 7 bullets in .22H, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 53 and 55gr. The min/max load starts with 30gr at 11.7/13.0. Move to 35gr and it's 12.0/13.0. Keep moving and every bullet weight min/max is 12.0/13.0 all the way through with the exception of 53gr which is 11.0/12.0. So 5 out of 7 loads from 35gr to 55gr bullets are identical 12.0/13.0 loads. The 30gr could as easily be the same. That would mean if the bullet weight is divisible by 5 just use 12.0/13.0.
I don't recall seeing any other recipe that matched basically across all bullet weights. This is just such a fascinating and weird pursuit. Something interesting to discover and learn no matter which of the 360 trails you follow.
I don't recall seeing any other recipe that matched basically across all bullet weights. This is just such a fascinating and weird pursuit. Something interesting to discover and learn no matter which of the 360 trails you follow.
