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Most guns chambered in it will be at the slower end of the twist. Even .22LR conversions, so yes, the lighter pills more likely to produce accuracy as heavier pills can't be spun enough to stabilise.

Lil'gun pretty much gave the cartridge a new lease on life. An Ackley or K- reamer up it will improve it again.
4198 should get you decent velo.

.222 and .223 kinda do the same job or better. But I do have a soft spot for the little hornys. And that original soft-tapered cartridge, rather than a hard shoulder.

"Ahh, the good ol' days"

Stick to the light pills if they're working for you. I think speer (?) do a 40gn SP which is pretty effective on game.
I have a swag of mixed hornady I need to go through and maybe get rid of but I think they're all heavier, 55gn+

In the right place, if you're close enough, they'll kill anything in NZ. Quiet and low recoil too, so a good cartridge to progress the younguns to, from rimfire.

Ive also found neck sizing the little hornet helps with accuracy as the fire formed cases will be held more consistantly in the chamber.

Different primers were about consistent ignition. Going to a pistol to cure light-strikes would be counter productive and you'd do better fixing your spring/pin.
Also, being a softer primer, if you were pushing the pressures there's a chance they're going to back/blow out on you.

I don't have the data in front of me, for any pistol vs 22H loading I'm not sure what the largest pistol round that takes SP is. .357mag? but I'd say powder column/capacity/pressure in the **** is more.

If you were in a bind, sure, run SP. But if you have the choice I'd stick with SR.

I usually use SR or SR Match (Federal 205M), cos that's what I have.

As far as factory ammo goes in the hornet I haven't really found a brand that shoots very well. The Hornady match stuff I have is about the best in my rifles but no where near the accuracy of the hand loads.

So I've found out what my mystery 40gr pills are. Apparently they are winchester semi jacket real accurate as well. they are a strange looking bullet they look like a 22rf hp with a jacket that leaves about a third of the tip exposed.

I used to use 80gr win psp in my 243. These could possibly be a 22mag pill.
As for pics that's the first snag I've got here, I've got an email saying that the attachments folder is close to its maximum permitted size and I need to visit the forum to resolve it. Not being a computer guy of any sorts I'm still trying to figure that one out, but my guess is that $$ are involved once find out what I'm supposed to do..