Martin,

These are some trees my brother specially planted, the first batch were eaten up virtually overnight. They are all still rather small, maybe in a decade or two they'll be big enough to be safe

Got a box of these laying around, 60 grain HP. Anyone know if they will stabilize in a 22 hornet? Not looking for high velocity but a 100 yard varmint round (pond has a muskrat problem at the moment). The heaviest bullets I see data for is 55 grains, but I guess I'll find out in the next day or two if they work if I don't hear otherwise from anyone! This is in a ruger #1.

I once tried some 55 gr spitzers in my hornet, Win Model 43, and they were keyholing when they went thru target.

The "BIG BULLET" for the hornet is the 45 gr. Get used to it.

I'm sure I will when the brown truck gets here, in the meantime the lovingly hand-planted cypress trees are in deadly peril!I know, I could use a 22 magnum but I don't want to change around the optics.

While I don't have an instant answer for you, trying will be the only answer. I once shot some 55 grain loads in a Kimber which did way too well! The powder was WW296 and Rem 7 1/2 primers in WW brass... don't know the amount of powder anymore though. Was awesome though!

MarkWhite

Hay guy how big are your cypress trees ?

Are thay any size yet. Over 3 feet?
If not Use what ever it take to kill the little bugger's out. ( not the tree's ) thay make really nice
lumber almost as good as Red Wood.

M.W. ruger #1's have had two twists that I know of 1-16 and 1-14. The former was rare. I have a hornet with 1-12in.( but that's a costum low wall)It will stabalize 63 gr. seirra soft points but not 68gr. horn.hp's. Hope this helps.