RE: XLC bullets
Jumper: You absolutely correct on both points. But I've been getting 1.5-2.0MOA with most my loads so I'm finally getting something acceptable which is why I'm excited. I'm cooking some more of those loads up tonight. (Ten of my old recipe and 5 each of either .5gr or 1.0gr up and down.)
My remington 22-250 is 1:14" twist...but it's sending those bullets quite abit faster than your hornet will...beyond that, they are a long bullet for their weight (only 0.02" shorter than my 60gr partitions if memory serves correctly, and the partition isn't exactly a short bullet per weight either.)