22 hornet reloading

[markbivvy 6]

do you crimp or not please.

[landrover 6]

i'm new to reloading as well, but the instructions in my kit said that accuracy would be improved by crimping just not had the weather to try the home loads yet,also some of the heads were a loose fit before i crimped them

[Guest baldie]

As a general rule of thumb, only heavy recoiling cartridges should be crimped, that are going to be used in a magazine, as crimping doesn,t do accuracy any favours, despite what LEE say in their blurb. However, the hornet is one cartridge that does benefit from being crimped for some strange reason.

Make sure, you work the load up , if you are crimping it, dont crimp a maximum load, if it was tested uncrimped, as crimping increases the chamber pressure.

[markbivvy 6]

i'm new to reloading as well, but the instructions in my kit said that accuracy would be improved by crimping just not had the weather to try the home loads yet,also some of the heads were a loose fit before i crimped them

 

 

some of the heads were a loose fit before i crimped them

 

they should be very tight , mine are.

have you got ever thing set up right.

 

thanks baldie.

Edited January 13, 2008 by markbivvy

[Guest baldie]

Be careful of what you use bullet wise in the hornet. Dont accept old heads from someone "who used to reload hornet" many years ago, as the old hornet bore size was .223, and not .224 like a modern gun. Any ammo sold today is .224, so dont worry on shop bought heads. Landrover, your neck tension isn,t tight enough, what dies are you using?

hornady do a specific 35 grain v-max for the hornet, which works in most magazines, thats where i would start, and probarbly, hodgdons "lilgun" powder, h4198, or h110 powder.

[landrover 6]

i'm new to reloading as well, but the instructions in my kit said that accuracy would be improved by crimping just not had the weather to try the home loads yet,also some of the heads were a loose fit before i crimped them

 

 

some of the heads were a loose fit before i crimped them

 

they should be very tight , mine are.

have you got ever thing set up right.

 

thanks baldie.

not realy sure mark i hope so, measured some of the heads and they were smaller than the neck

[markbivvy 6]

i'm new to reloading as well, but the instructions in my kit said that accuracy would be improved by crimping just not had the weather to try the home loads yet,also some of the heads were a loose fit before i crimped them

 

 

some of the heads were a loose fit before i crimped them

 

they should be very tight , mine are.

have you got ever thing set up right.

 

thanks baldie.

not realy sure mark i hope so, measured some of the heads and they were smaller than the neck

are you using .223 heads from sierra, they do the old hornet size ones.

where abouts are you please, if you are anywhere near me you are welcome to call in.

to see if we can sort it for you.

[rob reynolds uk 3]

http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

 

http://www.impactguns.com/store/ammo.html

[rob reynolds uk 3]

have a play on this http://www.shooterready.com/lrsdemo02.swf