BBerg, I shoot and hunt coyotes and other small game with a couple of Savage 1899's in 22 High Power. My bullet of choice is the .224 Sierra 63 grain semi spitzer. They shoot very accurately in my rifles. I use 22 grains of RL 7 in a Norma case for a velocity of 2800 fps. You could probably get a little more velocity since you are loading for a modern, and likely "stronger" gun. In order to seat the .224 bullet firmly in the .227 sized neck of the 22 HP, I run the sized case into a 22-250 die and neck size it only. You could also replace the expander button with one that is .224 and see how that works. I know of other shooters that use a variety of .224 bullets in 22 HP. The Hornady .227 bullets are too long to stabilize in the rifling of the old Savage rifles. By the way, the Ken Waters article is excellent and believe it or not, still relevant even though it's decades old. You can find the article in the book "Pet Loads" still being printed by Wolfe Publishing.
Last edited by mw406; 09/30/10.
