Ruger Super Redhawk .22 Hornet

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OKRattler

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So this may be a dumb question but I'm literally finding nothing on the internet about this. I got a Ruger Super Redhawk chambered in .22 Hornet so I started reading up on reloading for that cartridge. I understand the .22 K-Hornet is better in terms of brass life but it is also fire formed from standard .22 Hornet ammo. My question is, could I shoot .22 K-Hornet out of the Ruger Super Redhawk? It's a revolver so obviously I couldn't fire form it so I would need another means of making standard .22 Hornet brass into the .22 K-Hornet. Is there such a thing in existence?

I didn't know whether to post this here of the reloading forum since it had more to do with the gun itself than anything. Anyways, what are y'all's thoughts on this?
 
I had a Taurus raging bee. It was the improved/mashburn 218 bee chamber. I put factory rounds in and got fire formed cases out. I am not too familiar with the 22 hornet, but I believe it headspaces on the rim like the .218 bee. I think you should be able to fireform in the revolver.
 
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bark said:
I had a Taurus raging bee. It was the improved/mashburn 218 bee chamber. I put factory rounds in and got fire formed cases out. I am not too familiar with the 22 hornet, but I believe it headspaces on the rim like the .218 bee. I think you should be able to fireform in the revolver.
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I wasn't sure how that worked exactly since it was a revolver. I didn't think you'd have to do anything special to it. I was thinking along the lines of a .38 special in a .357, 44 special in a 44 mag, ect.
 
That actually does make sense though because obviously it's not a straight wall cartridge so I couldn't just put a K-Hornet in the cylinder and shoot it. I'd have to have each chamber reamed out to accept the K-Hornet. Which might be okay to do in the future.
 
There wouldn’t be any reason you couldn’t fire form the K in the revolver. Probably a pretty easy conversion for a revolver smith.
 
Don't get me wrong as I like the Hornet and the K-Hornet but to a guy that doesn't reload, if the time came to sell it, it could hurt the value a little. I have dies and brass for both the Hornet and the K so I would consider it a money saver for me. Now I don't have to pay someone to ream the cylinder and that's usually the first thing I do with a Hornet.
 
William Suter said:
Don't get me wrong as I like the Hornet and the K-Hornet but to a guy that doesn't reload, if the time came to sell it, it could hurt the value a little. I have dies and brass for both the Hornet and the K so I would consider it a money saver for me. Now I don't have to pay someone to ream the cylinder and that's usually the first thing I do with a Hornet.
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I highly doubt I'll ever sell it. I've never sold a gun. I've had one up for sale before but I still have it. I like to hang on to them once I have them.

But you never know, it's possible that I'd want to sell it someday. I feel like as long as you could still shoot factory ammo in it, it wouldn't matter too much. If the person shooting it would just throw the brass away anyhow. I just don't see me ever selling it so it probably wouldn't ever matter too much.
 
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