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Ricky
01-23-2006, 07:34 PM
I've fired a .22 calibre rimfire before, what game would you shoot with a Hornet?

todbartell
01-23-2006, 07:50 PM
Hornet is good for varmints up to the size of coyotes out to ranges of 150 yards tops.

Ricky
01-23-2006, 07:59 PM
Is it not enough for Deer & Bear? what grain ammo would you fire at coyotes?

todbartell
01-23-2006, 08:28 PM
It is most definetely not suitable for deer or bear or anything, unless you were lost in the bush on survival mode and HAD to kill something to eat it.

40 or 45 gr. for coyote

lapadat
01-23-2006, 08:31 PM
What firebird said.

It is lawful to use it for hunting big game in BC but that doesn't make it smart to do so.

lap

Ricky
01-23-2006, 08:50 PM
What has more power a Hornet or 17Rem?

LOC
01-23-2006, 08:59 PM
Almost any other centerfire. If your looking for something that doesn't have alot of recoil, but is still good for deer/bear look at the .243, 30-30 or .300 Savage's.

What are you looking to do with the cartridge?

todbartell
01-23-2006, 09:03 PM
What has more power a Hornet or 17Rem?

17 Rem uses a smaller bullet at incredibly higher speed. .172" diameter bullets weighing 20-25 grains at 4000+ fps. Designed to make a mess of gophers and do kill foxes and coyotes without making nasty sized exit holes in the fur.

22 Hornet is a small cased cartridge that shoots a 45 gr. bullet at 2700 fps. It is quiet and a good choice when shooting varmints in areas close to residences (fringe farmland).

Ricky
01-23-2006, 09:06 PM
I want to hunt Deer & Bears, not coyotes only because you can't eat them. I was wondering if a 17Rem would be enough?

I'm trying to find a light kicking rifle.

LOC
01-23-2006, 09:08 PM
17Rem is definatly NOT a deer/bear gun. Like I said above look at the .243, 30-30 and that class. They don't kick and will work quite well on deer/bear.

ruger#1
01-23-2006, 09:11 PM
try a 6.5x55, 7m mauser, or a 2506

CanAm500
01-23-2006, 09:17 PM
Also, a .270win will work for deer and bear.

timberhunter
01-23-2006, 09:36 PM
I was never an advocate of this cartirge until I finally broke down and got a rifle in it.

7mm08

Advantages of this cartrige over 243 is heavier bullets available. Advantage over cartriges like the 270 is the 7mm08 is a short action round. I love the 270 as well don't get me wrong. My hunting partner has killed a hell of a lot of game with his 270.

The 7mm08 I have is a tack driver, it seems to have great accuracy in many rifles. It has little recoil. And if you handload you can step loads up very close to 30 06 ballistics.

But I am also looking for a 22 hornet, and I would take a deer with it in the right circumstances. Many deer have been taken with the little 22 long rifle as well, but we all know its not legal.

Marc S.

Fred
01-23-2006, 10:15 PM
I want to hunt Deer & Bears, not coyotes only because you can't eat them.

Who says you can't eat them. Havn't you ever wondered what that "mystery meat" was that you eat in school!:biggrin: Fred

todbartell
01-24-2006, 12:03 PM
I want to hunt Deer & Bears

I'm trying to find a light kicking rifle.

Minimum cartridge I would reccomend for deer and bear is the 243 Winchester, loaded with a good 100 gr. bullet like a Nosler Partition.

Better choices that still have fairly mild recoil are : 6mm Rem, 257 Roberts, 25-06 Rem, 260 Rem, 6.5x55 Swede, 7x57, & 7-08 Rem.

Ozone
01-24-2006, 01:37 PM
I saw a guy who dropped a deer with a hornet. Shot placement is crittical. That said I personally would'nt hunt with one. But how about the 25wssm advertised with 30% less kick than a 25-06. I hope so I just ordered one.

willhunt
02-03-2006, 08:56 PM
hurt bears are dangerous!!!!!!!wounding deer is unethical (but it hapens to the best of us). you can find a cartridge that wont hurt your shoulder and will humainly harvast big game. heavy rifles wont kick as hard as light ones and any calibre from 25-06 to 308 will do the trick. i have a browing 25wssm thats about 6.3lbs and a howa in 308 that goes about 11lbs and the browning dose kick a bit more.

kishman
02-03-2006, 10:35 PM
The new ruger caliber .204 may be a good kick vs. power option for you. I only know one fellow with this one and he raves about it, also the .257 roberts, might be what your looking for.

Marc
02-03-2006, 10:43 PM
Ricky here is a good article about what rifles are exceptable for deer. If you're concerned about recoil get something like a 243 with a good recoil pad.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/deer_rifle.htm