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Best Powder for 22 Hornet
nyforester
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What is the best universal powder to use to reload the 22 hornet with multiple bullet weights?
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I personally like Alliant's 2400. I have also heard good things about Hodgdon's Lil'Gun.
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You ask a tough question, one with many "secret' answers. Universal, the commercial ammunition manufacturers have to do because they have to do "one size fits all" for everyone that do not load their own.
Each company has "trade secret" loads & they work very well for the most, but from your question, it sounds like you want to load your own. If your question had one right answer, it would be the only powder/load listed in all the loading manuals. Truth is every gun is unique (I don't mean the powder, look it up in WEBSTER if in doubt).
Reloading lets each of us taylor our loads to suit our own needs, and once in a while by try this, try that, one will come up with a "sweet-heart" load that will make that gun shoot one hole groups. In reloading there are many variables that can change that group, the more fussy (perfectionist) you are, the more likely your reloads will out shoot factory (& velosity isn't it, if that's your reason for reloading, STOP). We are all looking for the ultimate accurate load. Half the fun is in the search, but every gun has one load (bullet, primer, case, powder, seating depth, ETC.) that makes it shoot. We load our own because we are not satisfied with "universal".
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If I were to look for a definitive answere to this question I would immediately go to Ken Waters test results written up in Modern Handloader magazine. Ken goes to such exhaustive measures to evaluate a number of different bullet/case/powder combinations that you would be hard pressed to find a better source! He also normally presents a really nice historical perspective on the cartridge and its' developement. Still I would keep in mind, and I use this as everyday practice, that these are all starting points and should push you in the direction of personnal experimentation.
That being said, MY favorite load in my old Savage 340 is a Sierra 40 gr. Varmintmaster HP in R-P cases( thinner rim than Winchester) with a Winchester small magnum pistol primer and 10 grains of IMR 4227 and a COL of 1.723. This will shoot honest and consistant 3/4 inch groups. Also this gun will NOT handle anything heavier that 45 gr. pills from which I can get around "1 1/2...this will likely be a common result for any hornet barrel. This works for me but may take a little tailoring for you...or be a total accuracy disaster too! Have fun figuring it out!
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