I shoot 12.5 of WC680 with the 35g Vmax in my Winchester 43 sparked with a sp primer. Best load I've found.Try a 35 gr V max and a case full of WC680. In my 10” K Hornet it gives a fireball that is quite easy to see in daylight.
Would be impressive as hell at an indoor range.
It was loaded in a good magazine gun- the Win 43. There the rep was setting the lugs back into the re'cvr, a condition my 43 shares. Soft steel will set back even with hot loads in little cases where you try make a Bee into a Swift! I'd rather have the lever gun.
Was just digging around and found my hornet data.9 grs h-4227,,438 bullet wdww,felix lube,seated out close to lands,,shoots tiny groups!My ol hornet much prefers 225438
H4227
SP primers
Partial fl sizing
Stevens 322,,,same hornet,as me!!16 twist,and will shoot all molds ive tried,,I got my first Hornet, a Savage 219, about 2014 because of the .22 LR shortage. My intent was to have a .22 LR replacement. I got succees in that endeavor rather quickly. Tried the 225415 and 225438 with light loads of Bullseye and they wrked, but soon ordered the NOE 46 grain WFN with all plain bases. Two grains of Bullseye and that bullet kills fox squirrels with authority at the kinds of ranges I'd hunt with a .22 and is accurate enough at that range to make head shots if I'm up to it.
One Hornet led to another, Stevens 322 which won't feed the NOE, so I got one of the Lee Bator molds, the ones Midsouth was selling not the current Lee .22 bullet. I cast a bunch or realsoft ones, gas checked them and use six grains of 2400, significantly more punch than the other load. That bullet, despite being a nominal 55 grains is actually shorter than the 225438 so it shoots fine in those old twist rifles.
Fun little stinker,isnt it?Groups marked as #1 are with Hornet brass with 14 loadings mostly jacketed loads. Groups marked with #2 are fireforming loads with new brass, first measures .664" , second #2 measures .562". Groups marked #3 were fireformed brass with necksizing with first #3 measures .882" with 7 in .430", second #3 measures 1.300" with 6 in .298". Testing was going great with load #3 until a cold front rolled in and really kicked the wind up beginning with the last 3 shots in the first #3 group and really hampered me in the second #3 group. Chronographed @2228 FPS with a std dev of 21.56. I'll continue the testing as time and weather permits.