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.22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« on: May 26, 2009, 10:54:31 AM »
nib $226 20" barrel iron sights NT prefix. How is accuracy with an SL?
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2009, 01:01:39 PM »
prolly good, if ya let'er cool down tween shots.......
once you getter tuned, then 1 shot is all ya need...
its a hunt'n machine, not a range toy... thats my onion--- ;D
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2009, 01:22:00 PM »
The hornet isn't gonna heat up the barrel real fast.  The light barrel should handle a few shots before changing POI.  My regular barrel hornet will do 50 rounds and the barrel isn't to hot to touch.  One of my house guests fell in love with the hornet and went through a whole box before putting it down.   DP
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2009, 01:36:32 PM »
lotsa difference in the standard vs SL
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2009, 02:25:33 PM »
Yep, lotta difference, rather carry a SL for bummin around.  Guess it would depend on what ya want to do with it, gophers might get kinda thick some places.  I've seen em get a 22 semi-auto pretty warm they were so thick.  DP
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2009, 01:41:34 AM »
Bought a Superlite Compact from a local a few months back for $200. Drilled and tapped for a scope but never fired. Put a 4-16x 40mm centerpoint scope on it, added a Limbsaver Slip-on Recoil Pad to increase length of pull to 12 1/4 so me and my middle son could use it as well as it being suited to my youngest son, put an after-market cheekrest ($8.25), plus a lightweight bipod, and just finished cleaning up the forend to float the barrel.

Still looking for the right load, but turned in a few really good ones yesterday - 5/16" at 50 yards. Has a regular barrel, if you wait 1 minute between shots, even on a hot day, the barrel will never really overheat.

Good luck.
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2009, 01:44:26 AM »
I have put an O ring on mine and get .75 inch groups at 100 yards. 13 grains lilgun and 35 grain Vmax.
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2009, 02:38:53 AM »
Loads - Full case of L'il Gun and 40gr V-Max and Nosler Ballistic Tips (boattails for they seat well with a full case) are very accurate in mine. Also full case, then remove 1mm of powder off the top, and the Sierra BlitzKing (flat base) will set well also. If you don;t scape off that 1mm of powder, you WILL crush the case when you try and set the flat base Sierra bullet. OAL 1.800 - 1.850...1.825 - 1.850 seems to work best for me. Good luck...remember, few things feel better than 500+ rounds per 1lb of powder!
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2009, 10:20:58 AM »
The Super Lite is a great rifle for carrying around. You take a 7+ pound rifle and stick rings and scope on it, you are easily getting above 8 pounds. Lug that around for half a day and you know you have done some work. I think that it will shoot as well as a regular 22 Hornet  barrel. You can heat one up, but it takes a lot of shots in a row to do it. I think the most important thing with a super lite is the fore end bedding or lack of bedding and free floating the barrel. I can not tell you which will work, because you have to try it yourself to see what works best. I can not tell you what bullet to use or what powder to use, because you will just have to try it to find out. One thing I have found out is you can use a small pistol primer and more powder than you can with rifle primers. The results are higher velocities and lower pressures. This applies to every powder I tried, with the exception of Lil'Gun. I used the loading data straight out of Speer's reloading manual #14. When I was using boat tailed bullets, I was getting shot gun patterns and not very good ones of those. Lil'Gun gave me pierced primers, separated cases and stuck cases using beginning loads. If you read past posts there are lots of folks that sing the Lil'Gun praises and I believe them, so you will just have to find out yourself. As far as the Super Lite is concerned, the 243 can be made to shoot decently, the 223 is even easier to get to shoot well and the 22 Hornet is the easiest of them all to get to shoot well. I am not even sure why I am giving you load data, I do not even know if you reload :D But the bottom line is: yes you can get them to shoot well. ;)
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2009, 10:55:17 AM »
Thanks for sharing your expeeriance with LIL Gun with us LaOtto. I have had nothing but good luck and long case life using 13 grains and almost any bullets tried. I have also only heard rave reviews of LIL Gun and 35 grain Vmaxes.



Has anyone else experienced. Bad luch with LiL Gun? Only complaint I have heard was the smell of it.
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nayId
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2009, 11:05:13 AM »
Id say if you have a need for the hornet then def pick it up.  Especially if you dont already have one.  It is a sweet round.  MANY practical uses.  The superlite should still be a fine shooter.  My standard hardly ever gets heated up at the range...let alone the field It is alittle heavy with lams onit.  RIfle outshoots me though.  Take the plunge.  It seems very reasonable right now.  Especially if you reload.  Good luck!

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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2009, 11:12:55 AM »
My hornet superlight is my hands down favorite go to gun. Get it!
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2009, 11:24:53 AM »
Another vote for Lil'gun and the 35gr Vmax, a case full in Win brass is a winner for me, 10-shot 100yd groups at 1-1¼" with a bunch of em in less than ½" and the rest "flyers" opening the group up........on my best days of course!!  ;D The Lee collet die and factory crimp die work very well for me. ;)

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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2009, 01:22:22 AM »
Quote from: briannmilewis on July 17, 2009, 02:38:53 AM
Loads - Full case of L'il Gun and 40gr V-Max and Nosler Ballistic Tips (boattails for they seat well with a full case) are very accurate in mine. Also full case, then remove 1mm of powder off the top, and the Sierra BlitzKing (flat base) will set well also. If you don;t scape off that 1mm of powder, you WILL crush the case when you try and set the flat base Sierra bullet. OAL 1.800 - 1.850...1.825 - 1.850 seems to work best for me. Good luck...remember, few things feel better than 500+ rounds per 1lb of powder!

You dont weigh your charges?????? The tiny case and small variations in weight can cause major speads and poor groups,,,,,and more. ??? :o
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2009, 01:24:29 AM »
13.2 grains of AA1680 and 40 Grain BT in a remmington case(more volume) and my hornet sings a sweet tune out to 150 or so,,,,, ;D
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #15 on: July 20, 2009, 04:24:10 AM »
13.2 grains of lil gun and 45 gr sp hornadys or 50 gr nosler bt,s.  Both will shoot the exact same poi at 100 yds. And is pretty flat shooting out to 200 yds
I love the hornet,I have killed quite a few deer and hogs with it over the past few years.
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #16 on: July 20, 2009, 08:55:13 AM »
Quote from: omcforever on July 20, 2009, 01:22:22 AM
Quote from: briannmilewis on July 17, 2009, 02:38:53 AM
Loads - Full case of L'il Gun and 40gr V-Max and Nosler Ballistic Tips (boattails for they seat well with a full case) are very accurate in mine. Also full case, then remove 1mm of powder off the top, and the Sierra BlitzKing (flat base) will set well also. If you don;t scape off that 1mm of powder, you WILL crush the case when you try and set the flat base Sierra bullet. OAL 1.800 - 1.850...1.825 - 1.850 seems to work best for me. Good luck...remember, few things feel better than 500+ rounds per 1lb of powder!

You dont weigh your charges?????? The tiny case and small variations in weight can cause major speads and poor groups,,,,,and more. ??? :o

Those rules only apply if you don't use L'il Gun and you don't use a compressed load. So, if you are working in the 12gr-13gr space, small differences can make a big difference.
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Re: .22 Hornet Superlight - yea or nay
« Reply #17 on: July 20, 2009, 08:56:44 AM »
Quote from: briannmilewis on July 20, 2009, 08:55:13 AM
Quote from: omcforever on July 20, 2009, 01:22:22 AM
Quote from: briannmilewis on July 17, 2009, 02:38:53 AM
Loads - Full case of L'il Gun and 40gr V-Max and Nosler Ballistic Tips (boattails for they seat well with a full case) are very accurate in mine. Also full case, then remove 1mm of powder off the top, and the Sierra BlitzKing (flat base) will set well also. If you don;t scape off that 1mm of powder, you WILL crush the case when you try and set the flat base Sierra bullet. OAL 1.800 - 1.850...1.825 - 1.850 seems to work best for me. Good luck...remember, few things feel better than 500+ rounds per 1lb of powder!

You dont weigh your charges?????? The tiny case and small variations in weight can cause major speads and poor groups,,,,,and more. ??? :o

Those rules only apply if you don't use L'il Gun and you don't use a compressed load. So, if you are working in the 12gr-13gr space, small differences can make a big difference.

Let's just say it is the lazy man's way to reload the hornet for accuracy and consistency, and longer case life.
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