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Another rifle to list .22 K Hornet
Ricci.Wright
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Was just sent a rifle from the gun shop up front. A Winchester low wall s/n 97951 chambered in .22 K Hornet with a 25" long Unertl scope.
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It's got some pretty wood.
That is an awesome looking classic combo. Even with the emphasis on home protection guns right now that should still do really well. I only have 1 Unertl left and it is on a Stevens Walnut Hill. Considering what they are going for now, I wish I still had a few more. Bob
The scope is a fixed 10x with 3/4" tube and 1 1/2" objective. Nice and clear with a fine crosshair.
I have a weakness for single shot rifles and have always thought I would love to own/shoot a Hornet. But I have never loved a Hornet enough to part with the money necessary to get a real nice Hornet. Just looking at the pics I think that would fit the "real nice Hornet" scenario just fine!!
has the firing pin been 'bashed'?
how may rounds has it fired?
do you have the box?
;-)
No but I have several hammers. 87 and 1/2 rounds fired. Yes I have a box. It has M&M's in it right now but I can use them up pretty quick.
Are you sure those are not W&W's? Don
I want that
That is nice.
A few words about the K-Hornet which was designed by Lysle Kilbourn almost 90 years ago. Use a modern reloading manual when you are working up loads. Check your brass because there are several versions of the K around and it wouldn't hurt to slug the barrel especially on an older gun like that one. Barrels were in several different diameters back in the day, some as tight as .222 or as loose as .2245. Old Hornet brass from way back was thin walled and in the 50's the ammo makers made it stronger by making it thicker, this reduced case capacity and if you use the older data you will be boosting chamber pressure to dangerous levels. Small cases like the hornet are real easy to over charge because the charges are so small.
Some of the loads you run into in an old reloading book like Phil Sharp's book will be way too hot for today's brass. Sharp updated his data but it was done with supplements to his 3rd edition. I didn't have the supplement and ran into some blown and pierced primers using his data. Another problem with older manuals are the hotter primers of today. The older ones don't take this into account and if you are using an older one you back off a few grains and that is a lot in a K-Hornet.
Bottomline is use new brass and new data.
I have had 4 or 5 Hornets and K-Hornets in the past and they are fun to shoot and load for. Now I am down to one and its a CZ that I really like.
Nice! Always thought the K Hornet was a greater and must do improvement over the Hornet. The Hornet is basically a black powder cart and the K designed for smokeless. The K version is much more reloader friendly and property headspaced brass will shoot circles around the regular Hornet. Would be interesting to know the twist.
The twist should be 1 in 14 but it could be a 1 in 12.
The K-hornet is a truly great cartridge and I really like them. That rifle should do very well and I am going to be watching it and maybe bidding too.
I have two K's, a E A Brown pistol and a Ruger #3. Love them. A lot of loads in a pound of powder!