.22 Hornet brass

walleye · February 15, 2011, 11:38 AM

Anyone got any experience as to whether brass or nickel is a better choice for the Hornet? I know the brass is very thin. Thanks!

Magnum Wheel Man · February 15, 2011, 12:03 PM

I prefer Remington cases with no canalure groove... & I guess I prefer brass, both because it's cheaper ( & they wreck pretty easy ) & I don't like tumbling my nickel cases, as it thins the nickel too fast... that said, I haven't loaded enough nickel Hornet cases to have any expirience... my nickel expirience is with other cartridges, but I do load alot of Hornet cases... from 17 K Hornet, regular 22 Hornet, & for both rifle & revolver "fast twist" Hornet with bullets as heavy as 68 grains...

dahermit · February 15, 2011, 12:03 PM

In the instance of the .22 Hornet, the brass cases sans Nickle are already somewhat problematic due to the thinness of the necks. It is a tricky round to hand load for. But, when you find the right load, your efforts can be rewarded.
If Nickle cases were all I had access to, I would use them. However, if I were ordering .22 Hornet brass, I would not get the Nickeled cases.

walleye · February 16, 2011, 08:52 PM

I appreciate your responses. I prefer brass in most cases, but never tried nickel with the Hornet. Thanks.

**44 AMP** · February 16, 2011, 11:18 PM

I've only used brass in the Hornet. One thing I found out is that a good chamfer on the case mouth and careful slow seating the bullet means fewer crushed cases.

hornetguy · February 17, 2011, 10:29 AM

Brass is all I've ever used. I didn't like the idea of fireforming nickle cases to the K-Hornet.
I use mostly WW brass... I've lost more to splits when fireforming the few Remington cases I've tried. Could be an anomaly, but I do have good luck with the WW, so I stay with them.

February 15, 2011, 11:38 AM	#1
walleye Junior Member Join Date: February 15, 2011 Posts: 6	.22 Hornet brass Anyone got any experience as to whether brass or nickel is a better choice for the Hornet? I know the brass is very thin. Thanks!

February 15, 2011, 12:03 PM	#2
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	I prefer Remington cases with no canalure groove... & I guess I prefer brass, both because it's cheaper ( & they wreck pretty easy ) & I don't like tumbling my nickel cases, as it thins the nickel too fast... that said, I haven't loaded enough nickel Hornet cases to have any expirience... my nickel expirience is with other cartridges, but I do load alot of Hornet cases... from 17 K Hornet, regular 22 Hornet, & for both rifle & revolver "fast twist" Hornet with bullets as heavy as 68 grains... __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust...

February 16, 2011, 11:18 PM	#5
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,817	I've only used brass in the Hornet. One thing I found out is that a good chamfer on the case mouth and careful slow seating the bullet means fewer crushed cases. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

February 15, 2011, 12:03 PM	#3
dahermit Senior Member Join Date: October 28, 2006 Location: South Central Michigan...near Posts: 6,501	In the instance of the .22 Hornet, the brass cases sans Nickle are already somewhat problematic due to the thinness of the necks. It is a tricky round to hand load for. But, when you find the right load, your efforts can be rewarded. If Nickle cases were all I had access to, I would use them. However, if I were ordering .22 Hornet brass, I would not get the Nickeled cases.

February 16, 2011, 08:52 PM	#4
walleye Junior Member Join Date: February 15, 2011 Posts: 6	I appreciate your responses. I prefer brass in most cases, but never tried nickel with the Hornet. Thanks.

February 17, 2011, 10:29 AM	#6
hornetguy Senior Member Join Date: January 14, 2011 Location: on the north side of DFW Posts: 970	Brass is all I've ever used. I didn't like the idea of fireforming nickle cases to the K-Hornet. I use mostly WW brass... I've lost more to splits when fireforming the few Remington cases I've tried. Could be an anomaly, but I do have good luck with the WW, so I stay with them.