22 Hornet twist rate

[dhagerty40x]

i am holding out till I can find a 30-20..

[bkraft]

What about .32 H&R?

[Sjb1442]

I have a 3220 barrel 10 in for sale

[Gus]

I always felt the .22 Hornet was plenty for field pistol-even when some clubs had 1/2” plate rams. I have a factory tc Hornet barrel (circa 1984) and with speer 52 gr hollow points at 1800 fps there was no damage to chickens and plenty of momentum for rams. My optic was a super simple tasco propoint on a 4” high rise mount. Put that red dot at 6 o’clock for all targets and they’d fall down.

[SteveJewels]

I don't know much about the 25-20. I'm open to suggestions. What advantages would 25-20 have over 22 Hornet?

Longer brass life, heavier bullets, far fewer ringers.

Steve W.

Reviving and old thread for a question.

@19 Turkeys

Ringers with a 22 Hornet in Field Pistol?

[19 Turkeys]

22hornet will give you far more ringers than 25-20. Jim Harris promoted the 25-20. That convinced me!

Steve w

[Handgunner]

My limited FP experience:

I picked a 25-20 TC barrel this summer and absolutely love it. Very accurate with little drop out to 100yrds using 86gr jacketed SP. Also, Hornady made a run of fairly rare run of 60gr jacketed FP recently which are still available currently and work great.
The downside I've found is that 25-20 and 32-20 brass is very expensive and quite hard to find. Starline has not made 32-20 brass for a very long time making it expensive. Nobody makes 25-20 brass. You can buy loaded 25-20 from LoadX, 86gr FP out of California for about $1.80 per round.
Also, the little cases with thin necks are somewhat finicky to reload and have often been over roll crimped. I have to use a mandrel system for neck sizing seperate from full length sizing to not destroy brass. That said, 25-20 has fantastic performance for FP.

If you are thinking about 22 hornet I would definitley consider .270 REN. Neck up the 22 hornet which is very simple to do, load and fireform and you wind up with straight walled brass which is easy to reload and I believe has longer brass life than the bottle neck 22 hornet. Also, 90gr .270 cal bullets knock everything down with authority. Also, while not super common, 22 hornet brass is much easier to find for less than 25-20 or 32-20. 270 REN is more common with factory Merrill barrels than TC but MGM and Bullberry make them as they would a 22 Hornet if you are looking for new.

As far as twist rate and custom barrels, I would just call them and discuss.

[SteveJewels]

You may have answered my question @19 Turkeys but I am not really familiar with the different disciplines of IHMSA. When you talk about 22 Hornet and ringers, are you talking about Field Pistol?

[B_Koes]

I can remember ringing two rams ever with my Hornet using a mild load with a 55gr spbt. Both were at the same range and both during the month of April when the temps were pretty cool. I just assumed it was more of a powder temperature sensitivity issue than underpowered cartridge.

[braud357]

I have never lost a hit target with my 22 Hornet using Hornady 55 gr. SP with a moderate load in Field Pistol and Practical Hunter Short Course. Just for addition comment on knock-down - I fired my 14" MGM 22 Hornet TC at a Big Bore match in UAS-Half Scale using the same moderate load. The final score 39x40 - I missed the first ram ! They fell slow - but they did fall !