Originally Posted by Pappy348
Originally Posted by ratsmacker
Right now, I'd settle for some 1680. I've held off handloading for my year-old .17 Hornet because I'm running really short of 1680. Initial results for pullitoutmykazoo loads were good, but I need to verify, and chrono, the things, without powder to re-charge the ammo, there's not much point in fooling with it, OR, my .22 Hornet, for that matter. mad

Why heck, I've even had to resort to shooting factory ammo so I wouldn't run completely out of the stuff! shocked And in case you guys missed it, THAT stuff ain't growin' on trees, either! cry


H110, which is fairly easy to get here, will do a good job in the .22 Hornet with standard SP primers. Worth a try, anyway. Better than $60 a box.



Luckily, I had a bunch of .22 Hornet already loaded before I found my .17 Hornet, but I did manage to find a box of PRVI Partisan .22 Hornet at a gunshow for $40 or thereabouts. I bought it to tinker with the cases after firing it up. I hear a lot of mixed reviews about it, but the price was right.

I THINK the local funshop still has some old stock WW .22 Hornet ammo priced $29.95, too, which is where I got my initial .22 Hornet brass.
I also finally (after 7 months on backorder) got a case of .17 Hornet ammo from Midway last summer. I'm not bereft of ammo, but I like to keep plenty around in case a prairie dog trip offers itself.

You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.