Yes, I think you could rebarrel the M7722H for the 17. Problem is that the Hornet really is a sweet shooter and the reintroduction of it several years back as a mainstream caliber is probably what started the ball rolling again for the new 17 rimfires and the new 204Hornaday/Ruger. The old time loads were OK but loaded with the 35 gr V-max or similar TNT bullets the velocity is around 3100FPS. Out of a quality rifle it shoots darn good and a guy can still load the variety of heavy bullets for bigger critters that produce velocities like in the 2500FPS range with a 50 gr solid or hollow point etc.
I think people latched onto the Hornet with the new type ammo because it shot flat, did not make a lot of racket and did not richochet, at least with the V-max stuff. I have tested it on water back home--it does not skip, a 22Mag with solids skips and skips. Course, they got some cool stuff out now for the 22 Mag--at long last /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
Ever heard of nutria, they got a bounty on them in Louisiana or did recently last time I checked. We used to shoot those things till the barrels would glow. One of the first times I saw a Hornet in action I think was when a old fellow pulled up beside me in his jonboat and popped a nutria out at about 200 plus yards of a log. If we had V Max and similar rounds back then it would haver been so much easier--still--I shot them things by the dozens. Before the eco people come after me they are an imported SE Asian water rat and are a destructive force on the native habitat. They are giant aquatic rats. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif and we don't like them. They are on my shoot on sight list. J
I think people latched onto the Hornet with the new type ammo because it shot flat, did not make a lot of racket and did not richochet, at least with the V-max stuff. I have tested it on water back home--it does not skip, a 22Mag with solids skips and skips. Course, they got some cool stuff out now for the 22 Mag--at long last /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
Ever heard of nutria, they got a bounty on them in Louisiana or did recently last time I checked. We used to shoot those things till the barrels would glow. One of the first times I saw a Hornet in action I think was when a old fellow pulled up beside me in his jonboat and popped a nutria out at about 200 plus yards of a log. If we had V Max and similar rounds back then it would haver been so much easier--still--I shot them things by the dozens. Before the eco people come after me they are an imported SE Asian water rat and are a destructive force on the native habitat. They are giant aquatic rats. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif and we don't like them. They are on my shoot on sight list. J
