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    The buzz around the .17 Hornet

    Mar 04, 2021 5 minutes

    I’ve now owned a .17 Hornet for over two years and in that time I’ve got to know it quite well. Of all the rifles I’ve owned this calibre has raised more questions than any other.

    My connection with the Hornet, both .22 and .17, goes back a very long time and in fact my very first sight of a “big” rifle was when I was about 13. After pestering a local keeper, he allowed me to accompany him on occasions when he was on his rounds. He had a .22 Hornet, I think it was a BSA, and I saw him shoot everything from rabbits to fallow with it. It seems to me that the .22 Hornet for some reason draws more people than any other calibre. Perhaps this will change as time passes, but there is certainly something about the Hornet that captures people’s imagination.

    The .22 Hornet originally started out

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