rockhunter
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I have an older Ruger 77/22 22 Hornet All-Weather (24 inch barrel) and am debating the desirability of cutting the chamber over to 22 K-Hornet. Let me state that it is basically a no cost conversion I have the loan of a reamer from a friend and have both Hornet and K-Hornet dies. The rifle will be my close to town Jackrabit rifle, development and the population is continuing to expand into areas that some years ago were miles from the nearest building but now are only a mile or so from buildings in one direction.
I know that with recent new bullet designs and some new powders the basic Hornet gets very close to what used to be K-Hornet velocities and the K-Hornet performance has moved up also.
My two issues are outside balistics (which are not greatly different) is there a reason to make the change (accuracy?, case life?) and what is the impact on the value of the rifle?
rockhunter
I know that with recent new bullet designs and some new powders the basic Hornet gets very close to what used to be K-Hornet velocities and the K-Hornet performance has moved up also.
My two issues are outside balistics (which are not greatly different) is there a reason to make the change (accuracy?, case life?) and what is the impact on the value of the rifle?
rockhunter