Slightly off black powder, 22 hornet brass

[Distant Thunder]

Gussy,

Yep, that the same rifle I have only mine is topped with the Nikon 3-9X it had on it when I bought it many years ago. I had been looking for bolt gun in .22H and I walked into one of the local gun shops and it just about jumped off the used gun rack and into my hands. I couldn't put it down and bought right then.

I did a lot of little things to improve the accuracy and they all helped, but when I pillar bedded it that made a huge difference. It was a 2 MOA rifle when I bought it and now it's pretty close a 1/2 MOA rifle!

Here are 5 groups shot at 100 yards and 1 shot at 220 yards. Each of the 5 targets at 100 yards was shot with a different bullet, but all were loaded with LIL'GUN. The target at 220 yards used H4198 and is only 2150 fps.

The LIL'GUN load with any 40 grain bullet is over 3000 fps and with a 45 grain bullet is 2980 fps. Pretty cool for an old cartridge that started with BP!

I load a Speer 40 grain spire point to 3100 fps and sighted dead on at 200 yards it's only 2.2 inches high at 125 yards and 4.4 inches low at 250! Those light bullets give up a lot of fps past 200, but out to 200 it's just aim and fire.

These are all actual chronograph reading, not just book numbers. Before I started using LIL'GUN I lost a lot of cases to loose primer pockets, but with LIL'GUN you almost can't put enough powder in the case with a 40 to 45 grain bullet to blow a primer pocket out.

You should of course consult a good reloading manual before attempting to duplicate any of my results.

My other .22 Hornet rifle is a Contender Carbine, not quite the looker your Browning is but a very light little rifle I've had a lot of fun with.

If I ever get caught up, I'll have to get my Ruger out and do a little varmint hunting like I used to do 40 years ago! That was a lot of fun and I miss those days. I mostly used a .223 or .17 Remington back then, but the Hornet would be my choice today.