that right there is good advice !!

Nice iron wolfie
Now i am off to find me a gun rock

Horn I don't think one can have too many guns. Besides that don't think be any danger of him not liking it.

and if it goes up and just keeps going , buy all the guns and all the ammo and all the food you can.

It's a little Nikon. It's OK but I really want to give it a kind of "Varmiter" look. Kinda hard to find the right looking scope I want for it under $100 though. Considering either a taco or barska target varmint.

And just got off the phone with midsouth and had them add a can of lil gun with the rest of my powders,

I wouldn't worry about a ton of magnification 40-45gr pills from a hornet are really not way out there medicine they start loosing steam quick past 200


generally 22 hornet is a inside 200 yard don't tear up fur round

really like a hot 22mag but in a center fire

Wolfdog,

With a light compact fast handling rifle like you got I would keep the scope light to complement the rifle. I have used a 2.5X8 and have never needed anything bigger as a matter of fact 99% of what I shoot is done on 2.5 power. Just what has worked for me may be different for other folks.

I bought a box of 22 hornet ammo 6 years ago in hopes of finding a rifle to go with it. You'd better hurry up and go buy it before somone like me beats you to it.

honestly don't want more than a 12x scope but I just want one with that varmint scope profile

So got some used rcbs dies and around 5o once fired brass in today. Not too bad for $30 shipped. Still gotta get a shell holder crimp die and trim pilot but that's out the budget pay day.


Also anyone know of a picatinny rail replacement for handi rifles?theone on here on has like there slots for the scope rings and it won't let me ajust the scope enough for it to be comfortable to shoot

You may need to get extension rings to allow the scope to come back farther for you.

That looks like a weaver style base.
If so, cut a new slot for the front ring so you can move the scope back

You mentioned getting a crimp die-crimping won't be needed for a single shot. Just expand the neck enough to start the bullet.

EGW is my go to now for rails

https://www.egwguns.com/scope-mount...inny-rail-scope-mount-0-moa-ambidextrous

Have had a couple of Hornets and regret selling a Ruger 77/22 VHZ that was a tackdriver. To me it's like a .22 WMR that I can reload and I killed the snot out of pigs with it. Foolishly sold it to buy a Savage in .204 that I didn't like and ended up trading off on an AR. Sold the AR for a ridiculous amount during the first panic. Guess I broke even.

One thing to watch out for with Hornet brass is that it is thin. After a couple reloads check the thickness of the metal close to the base. I have had a couple separate from the head when I tried to eject them. I tried some hotter loads and the brass could not handle many reloads of that. When you trim them if you are trimming a lot off the end I would not reload that brass. You won't need a crimp die. You'll only need to neck size if you just have the one gun. I like 9 grains of 4227 behind the Sierra 1012 45 grain hornet bullet. I tried 35 grain ballistic tips, 33 grain bullets, 40 grain bullets, ect. but they were not as accurate for me as the Sierra old hornet bullet. I kept going back to it and now just load that. All of them make a hole through a coyote about the size of a half dollar. The light ones never did expand enough for me like they do if they go faster to perform the way they were meant. You'll have a lot of fun with it. Cheap shootin
Mine has a Weaver K6 on it

Wolfdog, check your PM's.

Get this one:

https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...hot-rifle-22-hornet.cfm?gun_id=101534706

Jim