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Anyone shoot these cartridges, or collect rare ammunition? These are part of 2 pickup loads of brass, ammo, dies, primers etc I bought from Griffin & Howe when the moved their gunsmith operation from the Bernardsville NJ store to the Hudson Farms complex. In the 22 Lovell I have 22 loaded rounds and 30 G&H stamped brass. In the 22 K-Hornet I have 32 brass marked Super-X. Some are stamped K-Hornet, others Hornet, but all look like they're formed to H-Hornet. | ||
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Interesting. I'd guess that those are from a batch which G&H custom ordered from Winchester. I'm not aware of any factory brass for the K-Hornet in ordinary commerce. | |||
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I just bought a Kimber of Oregon in 22K hornet. Have fireformed some brass but have not gone beyond that yet. NRA Patron member | |||
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I regularly shoot R2 Lovell and .22 Maximum Lovell (same parent case: .25-20 Single Shot). That G&H brass was/is top notch and for years have scrounged every piece of it I could find.... | |||
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I have a soft spot for vintage varmint rifles, and as such have several Lovells of various flavors. I seldom shoot them as good brass has been such a problem to find. I would be interested in what brass you have had success with. I did pick up a little bit of the Jamison brass that was available several years ago before he went under, but have not had time to form and fire it yet. My experience has been that the older brass like the G&H generally splits when fired. Thanks, John | |||
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John, I have a decent stash of Captech (Jamison) brass that's reserved for "special occasions". On top of that I have hundreds of old G&H brass that soldiers along but I'm getting leery of it due to its age, even though I rarely lose a case. I do anneal frequently which helps a lot in that regard, plus I don't dance around with terribly hot loads. Currently am working out the bugs involved in swaging .25-20 SS brass out of .223 brass. Looks promising, but admittedly is kind of time consuming. | |||
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That does sound like a lot of work. Dad always theorized that Remington settled on the head size they did for the .222 cartridge so that all those old Lovell varmint rifles could easily be rechambered or rebarreled for the .222. John | |||
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