Dekers Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 great round, I have one too its the .22lr/.22hornet inbetween cartridge Is it by jove, I would have thought the HMR/WMR more in between! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hornet ! simples! yep 100% agree, though it starts to overlap the .223 some fair degree (200yd foxes for instance). I should loose both and buy a hornet and say a .243. reloading can make the Hornet cheaper than HMR though not by masses and makes it a better performer at range uping volocities a good 400fps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 this is NOT hornet territory IMO I just picked up a .BRNO 222 for £70.battered and beaten in the shop, covered in sticky dried on grease, bore looked shocking, with clumps of copper/crud damn good clean sorted that out, few marks on the bore after a clean, stripped and tarted it up, got it screw cut, box of 50gr Vmax and some free federal brass it is now shooting a sub MOA groups off sticks with a £40 nikko 8x50 on it I havent taken my HMR out for months. any rabbit specific trips involve the .22lr the .222 is devastating on foxes, quieter than the HMR with the PES and not much more expensive to run and because .223's are more "trendy" you can pick them up for pennies!! where you getting your .222 rounds mate as mine are costing me £1 per shot and compared to my hmr at 25p per shot there is a big difference about 4x the price colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 You need to reload to get cheap .222 ammo. Many people are drawn to the .223 by cheap factory ammo which is abundant because its a military round. It doesn't suit every rifle though. The Federal factory ammo I use in my .222 is the same price in .223 and the same price also as the factory Sakos I use in my .308, which is annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewsher500 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 i can get privi 50gr SP for £17 for 20 at the local RFD but reloading is where it makes a difference 100 50gr Vmax for £21 so 21p a pop 1kg of N133 £69 (good for 700 rounds so 10p a pop) primers are 3p 34p all in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 i can get privi 50gr SP for £17 for 20 at the local RFD but reloading is where it makes a difference 100 50gr Vmax for £21 so 21p a pop 1kg of N133 £69 (good for 700 rounds so 10p a pop) primers are 3p 34p all in Don't forget the brass, it matters not it can be re-used, it still has a life and a cost. Also all the reloading equipment..... and your time is free of course. Don't get me wrong, I'm not having a go but if you are going to talk costs do it accurately, its still generally much cheaper and a whole lot better ammo! :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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