22 hornet
 

Is anyone using rifles in 22 hornet for predators and small game? What would be the max range on a hornet? I think it would be to big for squirrels. Trying to decide whether to keep an old M6 22hornet/410 or trade it forsomething else in 22 hornet orchange to a 17hmr.

RE: 22 hornet
 

.22 Hornet is a wonderful caliber. I have a Ruger chambered in it and I use it all the time. I have shot countless groundhogs with it and it will definitly anchor them out past 100 yards. I've never had a chance at a coyote with it but i'm sure that if you hit it where you're suppose to you wont have a problem.And if you do shoot squirrels with it, you better go all head shots. Hope this helps.

Zach

RE: 22 hornet
 

I agree with Fastbucknut, I love my .22 hornet,Mine isa Ruger topped with a Weaver 4x16.. On ground hogs its good all day long out to 150 yards. Maybe farther, but my fields arent that big..

RE: 22 hornet
 

i've killed coyotes well past 200 yards with the .22 Hornet.

RE: 22 hornet
 

hornets are great, supurbly accurate! if you hand load, they can be loaded as light as a 22 short or or much hotter than a 22wmr. a few posts above some one said they ancored a yote out past 200yds, nice shot! but its safe to say that they will reliably kill a yote out to 150yds.

RE: 22 hornet
 

I used Win296 in my hornet with a 10 gr charge you get 700 shots per lb of powder,heck of a lot cheaper than a .22mag and reloadable too!I only shot one yote with mine at 125yds.with a 40gr speer ,lung shot and he did a blackflip bit his shoulder and dropped dead in about as many seconds.Nice for head shooting beavers..Harold

RE: 22 hornet
 

If you wont be needing the added range of a .223 or 22-250, then the hornet is a great caliber. Around here, my hornet handles the majority of my shots.

RE: 22 hornet
 

I shot a largeOhio coyote at exactly 59 yards. It was afacing shot when he froze to look at my decoy. I know I hit him at the base of the neck and entered the chest with the factory, 46 grain hollow point. He spun like a top three times and ran off at about 35MPH. There was no blood trail. I tracked the coyote for over 100 yards and lost the track. For me the jury is still out on my continued use of the .22 Hornet instead of my .243.