Sshhhhhh....!!!
Don't you guys know you aren't supposed to talk about shooting deer with ANY .22cf, not to mention a .223 or, especially the .22Hornet.
Those who haven't, can't imagine what the .22cf's will do, and will castigate anyone pondering the idea.
I've killed several dozen deer with my "hornets", and even though I don't routinely hunt with the "hornet", I do adore mine...
I wouldn't recommend the rifle, however; a Ruger M77/.22Hornet KBZ; meaning it is stainless steel with heavy 24"bbl and laminated stock.
When I got it, I thought it'd be the "creme de la creme" of Hornets.
What a night-mare PITA !!!
Finally, after ~5yrs of load developement, action bedding, bolt-halve shimming, free-floating barrel, and lightening trigger, I've finally gotten it to "shoot", meaning 5-shot groups around 1" at 100yds. "Sometimes"....!
But, I kinda expected such after having a "Topper" that "ate brass", a Ruger #3 that someone butchered the barrel trying to make it an "Ackley IMP", and not marking it as such, and a Ruger M77/.22Hornet "carbine" that had a "hogged out" chamber from the factory and was absurdly inaccurate such that I gave up on it...
So, I'd only recommend the T/C Contender, CZ, or possibly the Browning. I've never even seen one of the Brownings in .22Hornet. I don't know if the trigger's are "workable". If so, they might be a real "gem". I had a T/C Contender with 7.5"bbl in the '70's and it was very accurate, but "limited" by the short barrel and scope.
I would dearly love to have a CZ American .22Hornet to go with my CZ-452 in .22lr. It's (CZ-452) 1-hole accurate with match grade ammo. "Hunting" grade ammo is sub-1/2" at 50yds.