The newer ones aren’t your grandpa’s Ruger Hornets; those two-piece bolts caused all kinds of accuracy misery. A few years back, Rifle magazine (I think) did a test of the 3 brands of Hornet rifles being produced then - CZ, Savage, and Ruger - and all shot surprisingly well, with no issues. I’ve owned Savage M40 and 25, H&R, and CZ (currently) rifles chambered in .22 Hornet. For the money and time wasted over the years switching between them, I now wish I’d just stayed with the old Savage 40. Even though it didn’t have a magazine (but you could load any bullet length), it was (relatively) cheap to buy/own, simple, reliable and accurate - just as a .22 Hornet should be.
