Hi Daryl, just wrote about this "problem" in "Waidmannsheil" #48, the bulletin of the German Gun Collectors http://www.germanguns.com/ : The .22 Hornet is used in Germany mostly as a target cartridge according to the rules of the German hunters association/DJV, so the European companies load it for accuracy at 100 m, not velocity. So they stick to the original velocity. Remember, the "2400" powder was originally designed to achieve this velocity in the Hornet. It is rarely used for a fox, crow or badger here.