22HP is ridiculously hard to find projectiles for, due to the oversized .228 bullet diameter. There are a couple companies that make them, but they aren't even offered by midway or brownells anymore. You've pretty much got to order direct. Norma makes brass.
It's a neat cartridge though! Such a unique shape to it. And yeah, it's a screamer. Mine get shot out of a savage 1899
.22 HORNET , 221 FIREBALL , .22 SAV H.P. , 25-20 , 250-3000, .257 ROBTS , 6.5X55 , 6.5-06 ACKLEY , 280 REM , 280 ACKLEY , .351 WIN. .404 JEFFERY. To early to call on a 6 Creedmoor.
22 SAV H.P. Isn't Hard to find ammo for , S&B , and PPU load it . They call it 5.6 X 52R in Europe . Cost about the same as 30-30 . Just saw J&G Sales has it for $18.99 a box. I believe they call 25-35 5.7X57R.
6.5x55 is the favorite , kicks like a 243 , hits like a 270
What brand is that rifle? It's Gorgeous!The 9.3x62 Mauser is to African sportsmen and farmers what the .30/30 is in the US. Meaning there is, or was, one in about every gun rack. But here in the US it remains another exotic and mostly unknown metric. I bought this Mannlicher, and ammo for it, a few years back when hunting in Austria. and shot several head of game with it. Performance is virtually identical to.338 Win Mag with 250 gr bullets.View attachment 829590 View attachment 829591 View attachment 829592
Would love to hear more about that .338 Fed. I'm intrigued by that caliber for some odd reason.My new Savage 338 Federal is the most non-standard that I own today. Don't know if Wally World carries them. The 7mm TCU that I had in a Contender was roll-your-own only. It was a fun gun but I would go with 7-30 Waters if I had to do it over. It is less picky about headspace.
I have found loaded ammo for it, but I am looking for bullets....and with PPU I wonder if it is like their 6.5 carcano loads that shoot for garbage out of several of my rifles, but my own loads using hornady bullets, the only ones I know of with the bottle nose (carcano never had a spitzer that I know of) and is a little fatter, those will bring groups down from minute of basket ball to minute of softball and I am good with that.
I want to find someone that makes the right sized bullet before I start down the path of resizing something else.
What size bullet does ppu load with....I have seen cutting edge make a 228 solid and will likely give that a shot when I come across the right 99 in 22HP.
It is a 308 necked up to 338. Federal Fusions states 2700 fps with 200gr, but all of my loading manuals say 2500-2600. Haven't had the weather to sight-in and chrono any loads yet. Found 200gr. Speers for $14 a box at Grafs and Sons. Bargain!Would love to hear more about that .338 Fed. I'm intrigued by that caliber for some odd reason.