This works fine in rifle-length barrels with the Hornet?s standard 45-grain (or lighter) bullets but not so well with other popular .224-caliber bullets weighing 50 grains and up (especially the long-nosed ones).
That pretty much repeated what I stated in my post.
The 22 hornet was never designed to shoot heavy, long sleek bullets. People that are loading longer, heavier, and sleeker bullets are asking it to do something for which it was never designed. These people will obviously need to rebarrel with a faster twist barrel in order to shoot these bullets.
Bullet weight has absolutely nothing to do with determining the proper twist rate for a bullet. Bullet length is what matters. Look at a hornets bullet profile and look at the profile of a bullet designed for the .223 or 22-250.
Now, the hand gun dilemma I fully agree with due to the velocity loss in a 10" - 14" barrel vs. a rifle barrel.
You may be surprised to know that a .22 long rifle barrel twist rate is also 1 in 16".