Thanks for the responses. The rifle in question is an old G&H conversion that Bubba and neglect have taken a heavy toll on. It is in a G&H restyled Armory stock which has some issues. I am trying to decide if I should try and restore it as best I can, or take the receiver and have a new rifle built around it. The bore is usable as is, but it has been rechambered to K-Hornet. The receiver has 9 holes in it from various scope mounts over the years that would need fixed.
Mike,
I shoot .224 bullets out of other small bore Hornets regularly with no issues. I have some rifles with very poor bores that I really figured would not shoot well at all, but turned out to shoot the .224 bullets very good. The old Hornet bullets as well as the 35 and 40 gr blitz and v-max bullets will work, but the longer 45 gr tipped bullets do not stabilize.
Thanks,
John
