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Question- can someone explain the European desire for the downloaded version of the .22 Hornet tht is prevelent there - ie: 2,400fps with 45gr. bullet. What is the game the ctg. is used for? Black grouse?

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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.

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kuduae,

I am not convinced with your explanation. Certainly the Hornet is used a lot in the hunters' competition (DJV Schiessen) in Germany. It is funny though that in my Bavarian Homeland the .222 Remington appeared more often, while the Hornet is predominant in Northern Germany.

But I have never seen a Ferlach combination gun used in such competition.
BTW, Austrian hunters have different competitions and rules, to my knowledge there the Hornet is not allowed.

I will follow Daryl's reasoning: the Hornet in combination guns is fine for small game where you want to avoid a big hole: winter foxes for the pelt, the "kitchen hare", black grouse and capercaillie for trophy mounting...
Too much velocity is bad then.
Further the Hornet is often used in insert barrels for the Drilling's shotgun tube.
I am certainly no expert with these contraptions, but until some years ago the Hornet was considered the maximum in a insert barrel.

Regards,
fuhrmann

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