Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass

[beltfed]

For my Ruger No 3, 22 Hornet, i was loading 11.2 gr WW296, usually under 45 grain Hornady or Sierra bullets. Seated out to just short of the leade.
I neck sized both WW and R-P brass about 3/16" of neck with a 22 K Hornet FLS die I happened to obtain.
Several loadings and no problem with case neck cracking. Just do not Hot Rod it which can easily expand primer pockets ruining even new brass

I had at one point thought about rechambering to K Hornet as a friend had done with hi No 3. But never got to it.
Glad i left it std Hornet. It is in 99% plus condition and is a "200th Year of Liberty" marked rifle.
Shoots very well. About 500rds of Brass has lasted thru several PD trips to South Dakota. Last one was 2009.

Made a good Light midrange "walking" gun with a 3.5-10 Leopold Tactical mounted and with a chair pack to carry a couple hundred rounds along.
Now, with all that, I am now tempted, as Kurt said, to take it out and shoot up some of my loads that have been living in an ammo can for the last 13 years
Good idea about cracking the bullets loose. I have done that recently with some 1990 308 match loads which I shot in my M1A match rifle for first time in maybe 2005
beltfed/arnie