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I'm in NW Tucson (Catalina) and you are more than welcome to a few.

Thanks for the info. Tried the 35 gr V Max but not the Sierra HP.

Nosler is the only brand of brass I have tried and it seems it is harder than Remington or Winchester. What 40 gr bullet are you using in the top load that fits in the 77/22 mag?

I did end up running a 6mm mandrel through the virgin hornet brass first, then a pass through the K Hornet FL sizer. That created a shoulder in the correct place and reduced the amount the body needed to expand. I'm hoping annealing will eliminate the extra steps so I can just load and shoot a regular Hornet load like everybody else seems to do.

Regular 22 Hornet, successful K Hornet fireform, split case

Finally figured out a load where 18 out of 20 did not split. I still want to try annealing the rest beforehand and the more research I do the more I realize how much I "need" an annealing machine for myself.

Ok thanks, we will need to buy the wheels then. Will let you know if it solves the split cases.

Thank you both very much. I ended up finding a co worker with the same machine cjl has and we are going to give it a try down here. I'm trying to find a fur friendly round for 20-200 yds on fox, bobcats and coyotes.... Not sure if it exists but I'm gonna give it a try this year. If not K Hornet, I might try a 19 Badger or 20 Vartarg next winter.

Thank you very much. Im going to check with a couple local folks tomorrow and will let you know.

That is correct for max length. Mine are actually trimmed down to about 1.395.

Appreciate that! It would also give me an excuse to head up there and see some old friends. Worked for Payson hotshots in the mid 90's..... -Eliot

NW Tucson

I just converted a 77/22 Hornet to K-Hornet and am splitting a lot the cases during fire forming. From all the research I've done it looks like my Nosler brass needs to be annealed prior to fire forming. Does anyone have an annealing machine that can handle this little case and is willing to do a few for me? I will gladly pay for the service and if it solves my problem will have 150 pieces that need to be done. PM or my cell is 520-237-9643. Thank you. -Eliot

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