RE: 22 Hornet
 

Yeah, i looked at the price for a box of 50 rounds, pretty scary. But, once i could get the thing sighted in, i doubt thatI would fire more than a box of bullets a year anyway.

Thanks

RE: 22 Hornet
 

"It's also a great fox and bobcat round, but like others have said, it's not cheap to shoot."

It is not cheap to shoot unless you re-load. My re-loads costabout 20 cents per round.

RE: 22 Hornet
 

Caliber


Bullet Weigh, gr


Bullet Type


Box Count



22 Magnum RF


30


TNT HP


50






Velocity, ft/sec



Muzzle


50 yards


75 yards


100 yards



2200


1768


1577


1405






Energy, ft-lbs



Muzzle


50 yards


75 yards


100 yards



322


208


166


131





Caliber


Bullet Weigh, gr


Bullet Type


Box Count



22 Magnum RF


30


TNT HP


50






Velocity, ft/sec



Muzzle


50 yards


75 yards


100 yards



2200


1768


1577


1405






Energy, ft-lbs



Muzzle


50 yards


75 yards


100 yards



322


208


166


131






Trajectory if sighted at 100 yards



25 yards


50 yards


75 yards


100 yards



-0.1


0.7


0.8


0.0







Trajectory if sighted at 100 yards



25 yards


50 yards


75 yards


100 yards



-0.1


0.7


0.8


0.0
I wish I had my facts straight!!!!!!!!!! Looks like someone needs to look a little closer!! In this situation that round would work great and not cost that much to do.But thanks for the info.

RE: 22 Hornet
 

DANTHEHUNTER

Now that you proved to everyone that you can't READAND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU READ.
REREADwhat I posted (CLUE)--->all information was with40 grain bullets.
rimfirestilldosen't havemore energy at 100 yards.

Here is the info for hornet using 30 grain bullet to compare,velocity 3000 fps has 398 ft/lbs of energy at 100 yards. What did the .22 mag rf with 30 gr bullet have at 100 yards uuuuummmmmmm oooohhhh yyyyeeaaaa 131ft/lbs thats a big difference DAN!!!!!
can't make arimfire out perform a center fire.
By the way hornet has more ft/lbs of energy at 100 yards than the .22 WMR can produce at the muzzle.

Like i said in my other post This is why peoplethink rimfires are ok for coyotes. They don't know or they are misinformedthanks to people like DANTHEHUNTER!!!!!

RE: 22 Hornet
 

You must be a very inexperinced hunter.In this situation that round(.22wmr) would be perfect.I have alot of rifles witch include a .220 swift that is the king of varmint rounds,to choose from.I just think you must not have the skill or the shooting abilty to shoot a coyote at under a 100 yards with a calibur that will do the job at hand.In a area that he described you dont want to shoot the wheels out of the cart,just do the job.

RE: 22 Hornet
 

DANTHEHUNTER
Everyone can see by the comparison which would be better choice with the knock down/stopping power (ft/lbs of energy) at 100 yards.

DAN you have to take into account that not all hunters can shoot the beak off a humming bird in flight a 100 yards awaylike you can.

Why usea rimfireand just barely get job done, take chance of wounding and/orlosing it or worse yet not getting the wheels stopped and it gettinginto the housing development and biting someone. The hornethas 3 times the stopping power of WMRwith about the same mild report so why not stop the wheels on the cart even with a slightly bad hit.

RE: 22 Hornet
 

The .22 mag is no slouch but the hornet does out performit. The .22 mag at the muzzle is what the hornet is at a 100 yds and the hornet at the muzzle is what the .222 is at 100 yds.
I shoot a NEF in the Hornet and I absolutely love it. I use it in areas the poster is talking about, I shoot the Rem. 45 gr hollow points, they will come apart on anything they hit like a branch or the ground so they dont go far or richochet.

RE: 22 Hornet
 

I should have been more specific. Just to clarify, my family has a .22 mag and a .17 rimfire. I prefer the .17 for when i am just wandering around the woods looking to pop a squirrel or two, maybe take a shot at a crow, and with a slight chance of coming across a fox or coyote. I like the .22 mag too, but have made shots on crows with my .17 that i wouldn't have even tried with the .22 mag. My question in regard to the .22 Hornet involved a round that one could use with some degree of confidence specifically for coyote at a 100 plus range in an area with a lot of houses and people around. Based on what people have said, the .22 hornet would be almost ideal for me.

Thanks

RE: 22 Hornet
 

Just wanted to show you what the Hornet is capable of, this 180 lb buck was taken with one shot to the neck with my hornet using rem. 45 g HP.
The buck went straight down. The hornet is legal in my state for deer hunting. This is a huge deer forthis area, he had a small heavy rack, this buck was probably already on the downhill side.

RE: 22 Hornet
 

The Hornet is a great little gun and the Bee is another. If you us a rimfire and can consistantly make the shot, use head shots to 75yds.