brno hornet

[bruce moulds]

yes, a blast from the past.
thank you for the memories.
we found that imr 4227 made the hornet sing.
it was good because as well as being an optimum burning rate, you could produce consistent charges with a powder thrower.
this was pretty handy for volume shooting.
when rabbit numbers were good we used to shoot up to 600 per night.
the rifle of choice was the brno model 2 rimfire, and it was not uncommon to shoot or wear one out.
myra sport store in broken hill used to rebarrel them.
at that time brno was considered in usa to come from the evil empire and was not popular there.
another experiment I tried for foxes was the 17/222 mag Ackley.
the idea was to drive the bullet so fast it would blow up and give good skins.
this was good in theory, but in practice it did not work, destroying skins with regularity.
in the beginning the only 17 bullets were some custom ones from America, 20 gn, 22.5 gn, and 25 gn.
there was also a 28 gn soft point, but it had too much penetration.
then came hornady, and then Remington.
these bullets at the time varied in hardness from lot to lot, and you used the best one you could get for the job.
a couple of years ago I had 5 lb of 4227 left and discovered it had gone off. it went on the lawn as fertilizer.
I still have about 1000 mixed hornady and rem 17 cal bullets
keep safe,
bruce..