Do many (any) folks use the .22 Hornet in Scheutzen competition?

Myers wrote on Dec 10^th, 2014 at 7:54pm:


That's one of the coins I want to flip - 22 or 25 Hornet.

B.W. Darr does really good with his .22 WCF. I haven't spent enough time with mine yet to shoot it in a match.

JerryH
AKA Jerry_H

Myers wrote on Dec 10^th, 2014 at 9:05pm:


Given two 'good' moulds, one in .22 and one in .25, why would one be preferred over the other?

heavier bullet for wind stability.  Atone time I wanted to get a 22 center-fire-bench rest subgroup (maybe a 1/5th bore group--LOL )started----still do,  just ran out of time and energy. 
I wanted basically to encourage guys to dig out the old varmint rifles-----no bench-rest race guns.  There was lots of discussion about it since most of them were designed of jacketed bullets.  most of the guys interested were thinking of loading like they were reload able 22 rim fires.

I don't think have ever seen a 22 Hornet--or any other 22 centerfire on the line at EtnaGreen.  there may have been and I just don't remember it.  I remember taking to guys about casting 22 bullets so someone must be doing it.
I don't think there is anything in the rules to prohibit a 22 centerfire---as long as its plain-based lead bullets

I was thinking more about it last night.  I was remembering bits and pieces of discussions, comments, and opinions when we were talking about a special "lead bullet varmint rifle side match". 

One thing was that the 22 hornet was great out to 100 or maybe 150 yards but that was about the limit just not much of a 200 yard rifle.  Thats why there were so many other 22 wildcats and "improvements" on the 22 centerfire.  That maybe it was a matter of bullet weight/design and the original/standard twist rate.

Another thing is the business about the smaller the case/bore, the more critical precision is in casting/reloading.   After all a tenth of a grain is a lot more critical with a 40 grain bullet 5 grain powder load than it would be with a 300 grain bullet and 15 or 20 grains of powder.

I guess my 2015 New Years resolution is going to be to make sure I spend more time on the local range for practice and development. and that I use this winter to get a few more project rifles done.

Cat thing that would sway me is difficulty casting good 22 caliber bullets.  Hornet Case size is right bit larger bore even better.

Boats

Here's the .22WCF breach seater Quarter_Bore made for my CPA mod49.