Identifying 22 Hornet Thin Jacketed Bullets

[Sidewinder]

Anyone on here an expert on loading 22 Hornet? I'm pretty much covered on all components except hollow point and soft point bullets. I'm new to reloading this round and appreciate any advice.

I've read that because of the lower velocity, 22 Hornet bullets need thinner jackets to aid in expansion. Anyone familiar with this? How do you identify these bullets, especially if they're in bulk, like at gun shows. Where can I get some of these? If anyone knows of a dealer that handles them in the Murfreesboro area, please let me know. Any information is appreciated.

[Dolomite_supafly]

They are generally the lightest bullets you can find. Something in the 33-40 grain range. I have a bunch of boxes of 33 grain bullets I am saving for a 22 Jet project.

[gregintenn]

The ones I have are either 40 or 45 grains, and are labeled as Bee for 218 Bee, or Hornet. The Bee labeled bullets are spitzer shaped, and you wouldn't want to load them end to end i a tube magazine, while the Hornet bullets are round or flat tipped like those designed for a 30-30.

https://www.sierrabullets.com/products/bullets/rifle.cfm

 

 

Sierra makes several Hornet bullets.

 

There's a gun show in Murfreesboro today. Surely someone there would have them.

Edited December 20, 2015 by gregintenn

[quedz]

 "I've read that because of the lower velocity, 22 Hornet bullets need thinner jackets to aid in expansion"

Makes sense,but I did not know that. I have been using "regular"  Sierra 1310 .224 dia. 45 gr. SPT in my Contender.

[Sidecarist]

It used to be common to list the diameter of 22 Hornet bullets as .223" to help differentiate them. It also was common to convert rim fire guns to hornet and they have the smaller bore.

Bob

[Sunfish]

The explosive stuff like Speer TNT have velocity limits and work in 22 Hornet. They also work in 222 

[roverboy]

The explosive stuff like Speer TNT have velocity limits and work in 22 Hornet. They also work in 222 

Yeah, I was fixing to say the same thing. A friend used to load a lot of .22 hornet and used mostly Speer 50 gr. TNT and similar bullets. He said they worked on groundhogs pretty good.

[Sidewinder]

I thank everyone for their replies. I went to the last Murfreesboro gun show and was disappointed David wasn't there with lots of reloading stuff. Only two there and they had limited loading supplies. What I'm trying to do, is load as close as I can to factory bullets. Most of the ones I have in soft point or hollow point are 45 grain.