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 I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/26/11 07:36 PM
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So there are two fellow members that said the Hornet is the best caliber ever made and anybody that uses anything bigger is a "gut shooting idiot". Not his exact words but it sums what he said up pretty simply. So my question is, O.K. the Hornet can kill a deer but what is the max range for this little caliber, 40 - 50 yards? I don't think the Hornet can handle 200 yards personally, or any kind of cross wind for that matter. Am I an idiot for thinking the Hornet is too small for ethical kills?
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 Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/26/11 07:37 PM
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Nope you are spot on! 
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/26/11 09:20 PM
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Can someone point me in the direction of the overloading advice? I found the other claims about this caliber being sufficient.
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/26/11 09:26 PM
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that one those went away I believe.
Last edited by rifleman; 02/26/11 09:27 PM.
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/26/11 09:37 PM
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/26/11 09:37 PM
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I was hitting Pdogs out past a 100 easy with my Contender super
14 .22 H. Too much wind plays hell with these little pills. A rifle would get you 150 yds plus even better. One thing to remember is if you load HOT to get out there ..you're brass won't last as long. I've gotten 8 to 9 reloads from my brass and still going out of my TC. Trouble with me is my eyesight played
along with the wind and gave me double trouble. good luck.
I don't know you, but I have met you a thousand times.
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/26/11 10:15 PM
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+++++++++++++++P+++++++++++++++ is all you need to know!
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/26/11 10:21 PM
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I love my hornets and yes they will kill a deer (so will a 22 LR), and in Texas hornets are legal for it. I would not use one past 100 yards on a deer and that is with perfect conditions. I know several old ranchers in Texas that the hornet is their main gun but they know it well.
IMO the Hornet is at its best on coyote and smaller critters inside 200 yards
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/26/11 10:21 PM
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+++++++++++++++P+++++++++++++++ is all you need to know! yeah, and add just a few more +'s on there for good measure, dont want to be under gunned...
learn something new everyday and you will have never wasted a day.
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/26/11 10:23 PM
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/27/11 12:29 AM
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Not very lethal at long distance.
Not enough powder or lead.
Scito Te Ipsum
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/27/11 12:41 AM
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plenty good just go to academy and get you some ++++++++++++++++++++++p++++++++++++++++++++++
loads
I have some magic beans if anyone is interested. No extra time hunting but they'll make you fart to the tune of Back In Black...
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/27/11 12:50 AM
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needs to be a single shot too, that way the hunter will be more likely to wait for the perfect shot!
learn something new everyday and you will have never wasted a day.
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/27/11 10:22 PM
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I guess I'm one of those "idiots" although I never said it was the "best" a decade + of providing culling and harvesting services for ranches all over the hill country. The little round has served me well. Most of these operations are 20-40 kills over 2 to 3 days. We would go out in kill whatever the ranch wanted, might be axis, whitetail, sika, fallow ect... when you need to kill 20-40 head in two days all you shoot are head shots, we don't want to track any animals. Also the tiny gun is lower noise and tended to stir the critters up less than me marching around with my swift or STW blowing out the ranch. I do not recomend it to anyone that doesn't shoot & shoot a lot! I also never put this in the hands of a child or inexperianced shooter. I have yet to need make a shot over 140 @ a "deer" with this round. If the ranch has been shot a bunch or it's animals like black buck and sheep we bring out the powder burners 22-250 on up..
I think the level of disgust with people that hunt with this round is the fact that maybe your not accurate enough with your .575T-rex and can't fathom people who wait for head shots.
Also, coming from a family full of marines I would have figured devildog might understand that some people qualify as expert some don't...
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/27/11 11:22 PM
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I guess I'm one of those "idiots" although I never said it was the "best" a decade + of providing culling and harvesting services for ranches all over the hill country. The little round has served me well. Most of these operations are 20-40 kills over 2 to 3 days. We would go out in kill whatever the ranch wanted, might be axis, whitetail, sika, fallow ect... when you need to kill 20-40 head in two days all you shoot are head shots, we don't want to track any animals. Also the tiny gun is lower noise and tended to stir the critters up less than me marching around with my swift or STW blowing out the ranch. I do not recomend it to anyone that doesn't shoot & shoot a lot! I also never put this in the hands of a child or inexperianced shooter. I have yet to need make a shot over 140 @ a "deer" with this round. If the ranch has been shot a bunch or it's animals like black buck and sheep we bring out the powder burners 22-250 on up..
I think the level of disgust with people that hunt with this round is the fact that maybe your not accurate enough with your .575T-rex and can't fathom people who wait for head shots.
Also, coming from a family full of marines I would have figured devildog might understand that some people qualify as expert some don't... It's funny that everybody thinks that nobody else can shoot a gun! It's not a freaking challenge to put the crosshairs on a deer, whether it's their heads, ears or shoulder. For people to say a hornet is fine for everybody is soooo stupid, not everybody hunts in the hill country where deer are shot at 50 yards. At my place the feeders are set at 200 yards, you going for a head shot at a trophy deer at that range?
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
[Re: grout-scout]
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02/27/11 11:31 PM
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I ain't shooting a trophy in the head for any reason and I ain't shooting unless it's a trophy, ear holing pigs I don't have an issue with, I assure u I can hit a deer head with my .300 anytime I want to but I choose to not but it is pointless to argue with a SNIPER and his hornet 
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/27/11 11:33 PM
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/27/11 11:37 PM
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/28/11 12:32 AM
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So what did Vanguard say to get him put on the WOS?
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/28/11 12:59 AM
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So what did Vanguard say to get him put on the WOS? Pretty sure it's becouse he was being a jack@#$.
"A vote is like a rifle; it's usefulness depends on the character of the user" Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/28/11 05:04 PM
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/28/11 05:15 PM
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22 hornet snipers make baby jesus cry 
I have some magic beans if anyone is interested. No extra time hunting but they'll make you fart to the tune of Back In Black...
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/28/11 05:18 PM
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I know, lets have a spelling contest 
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Re: I need .22 Hornet advice!
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02/28/11 07:17 PM
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