.22 Hornet

[shipwright]

Hi Troops: Anyone have bullet suggestions 45 g for hornet. Tried VMax, the ogive is to long and sharp, they work ok but you have to seat them to deeply to go thru magazine . rifle is Zastava
Shipwright.

[happyhunter]

Hornady and Sierra have bullets specifically designed for the Hornet. have a look at there product lists.

[COLLECTOR 1]

I use the little 40gn Sierra SP projectiles in my Bruno's and they work well with no mag hang-ups...the Zastava mag is very close to the Bruno ZKW465 mag in design and you shouldn't have a drama

COLLECTOR 1

[Rifle realist]

Same as happyhunter I use Sierra 45 Grn Hornet projectiles thiner jackets for the lower velocity. For cheap loads to plink and rabbits out to 100 yards .22 magnum projectiles in bags of 500 from my LGS.

[Bills Shed]

Agree with above,
I had the same trouble with the 40 gn Vmax out of the Sako KHornet. Ended up getting a set of point form dies to make .224 1E point (1 calibre radius) and swaged my own projectiles. Shoots and feeds reliably. The shorter blunter projectiles are the way to go when feeding out of the magazine in a hornet.

Bill

[shipwright]

Hi Troops: Thanks for replies much appreciated
Shipwright

[Varmtr]

Another option which you could try is the Winchester 22mag pills they shoot good in my old mans hornet.
How did the Vmaxs shoot and did it feed. I ask this as I run Barnes 36gr VG in my zkw465 they feed good and shoots terrific had to seat them out just shy of full mag length.

[Bills Shed]

Another option which you could try is the Winchester 22mag pills they shoot good in my old mans hornet.
How did the Vmaxs shoot and did it feed. I ask this as I run Barnes 36gr VG in my zkw465 they feed good and shoots terrific had to seat them out just shy of full mag length.

The 40grain VMax shot OK but may do better as I had to seat them deep into the case to feed out of the mag. I did not experiment to much as I wanted them to feed from the mag. At that seating depth they shot no better than the 40 grain 22 mag projectile which was about 30mm at 100m. My home swaged projectiles shoot better at a consistent 25mm.

Bill

[shipwright]

Hi Troops: The VMax shoot pretty well at 50m 3 shot group 16mm 100m 36mm
Use PPU Factory 45g are much tighter particularly at 150m 5 into 45mm

Shipwright

[ebr love]

Tried VMax, the ogive is to long and sharp, they work ok but you have to seat them to deeply to go thru magazine . rifle is Zastava

That's annoying.

Zastava magazine design a little too short?