steve004 said

Bert H. said
Hello & welcome to you Owen. 
Please consider becoming a full-fledged WACA member!  There are many great benefits that come with a WACA membership.
Bert
  

Welcome from me as well. 
I echo Bert's suggestion.  For me, the most amazing benefit is digital access to all past WACA collector magazines.  The wealth and range of information in there cannot be described.  Open any issue and you will find it impossible to not find at least find one article of interest.  There is much information not available anywhere else.
  

Bert H. said
Hello & welcome to you Owen. 
Please consider becoming a full-fledged WACA member!  There are many great benefits that come with a WACA membership.
Bert
  

Welcome from me as well. 

I echo Bert's suggestion.  For me, the most amazing benefit is digital access to all past WACA collector magazines.  The wealth and range of information in there cannot be described.  Open any issue and you will find it impossible to at least find one article of interest.  There is much information not available anywhere else.

Bert H. said

soothsayer said

Bert H. said

soothsayer said

Bert H. said
Very Nice ... but how well does it shoot ?
Bert
  

got a couple of boxes of cartridges, will advise 😉
  

I have more than 4,000 rounds of loaded 22 Hornet ammo (factory new and reloads).
  

My Dad has a martini chambered in 22 hornet though i've never shot it. previous owner provided the ammo. that's a nice stockpile.
also according to Lou, the site blank is not period correct.
This is our 6th pre 64 winchester model 70 and our first prewar.
  

I have four Hornet rifles, but just one of them is a Model 70 (a Super Grade). 
It was sent directly to Lysle Kilbourn to be chambered for the K-Hornet before being delivered to its first owner.  I am currently the 3rd owner of the rifle.

I shoot and reload for all four of my Hornets on a semi-frequent basis.
Bert
  

Beautiful gun. One thing is for certain, you guys take way better photos than I.

Please consider becoming a full-fledged WACA member!  There are many great benefits that come with a WACA membership.

Bert

In the later years I have been buying old brown cartridge rifles of all sorts. Recently more old lever guns in Winchester, they have been on the higher price from Marlin etc. so it has taken me longer to get into them, although I bought a few ‘94’s to actually hunt with, they were post ‘64’.

Anyway glad to be here and have a lot of questions to come.

Thank you for this site.

Owen

Win61 said
Burt,
I never did like the appearance of the model 54. My uncle had a 270 that he hunted Deer, Antelope, Elk etc. with and very seldom came home empty handed. In 1948 he crashed his small piper cub. The barrel on the 54 got bent in the crash. He offered to give it to me, I declined. I guess at 13 years of age I was not very smart. Wish I had taken it and had it barreled to a 22H.
Darn Burt,
You got me thinking of one to add to the Hornets nest. I know of one locally but not for sale at this time. Maybe I can find something that he cannot live without. Stay tuned.
Win 61
  

This is the Model 54 22 Hornet I acquired in July 2025 (from TedK);

Bert

I never did like the appearance of the model 54. My uncle had a 270 that he hunted Deer, Antelope, Elk etc. with and very seldom came home empty handed. In 1948 he crashed his small piper cub. The barrel on the 54 got bent in the crash. He offered to give it to me, I declined. I guess at 13 years of age I was not very smart. Wish I had taken it and had it barreled to a 22H.

Darn Burt,

You got me thinking of one to add to the Hornets nest. I know of one locally but not for sale at this time. Maybe I can find something that he cannot live without. Stay tuned.

Win 61

soothsayer said

Bert H. said

soothsayer said

Bert H. said
Very Nice ... but how well does it shoot ?
Bert
  

got a couple of boxes of cartridges, will advise 😉
  

I have more than 4,000 rounds of loaded 22 Hornet ammo (factory new and reloads).
  

My Dad has a martini chambered in 22 hornet though i've never shot it. previous owner provided the ammo. that's a nice stockpile.
also according to Lou, the site blank is not period correct.
This is our 6th pre 64 winchester model 70 and our first prewar.
  

I have four Hornet rifles, but just one of them is a Model 70 (a Super Grade). 

It was sent directly to Lysle Kilbourn to be chambered for the K-Hornet before being delivered to its first owner.  I am currently the 3rd owner of the rifle.

I shoot and reload for all four of my Hornets on a semi-frequent basis.

Bert

Bert H. said

soothsayer said

Bert H. said
Very Nice ... but how well does it shoot ?
Bert
  

got a couple of boxes of cartridges, will advise 😉
  

I have more than 4,000 rounds of loaded 22 Hornet ammo (factory new and reloads).
  

My Dad has a martini chambered in 22 hornet though i've never shot it. previous owner provided the ammo. that's a nice stockpile.

also according to Lou, the site blank is not period correct.

This is our 6th pre 64 winchester model 70 and our first prewar.

soothsayer said

Bert H. said
Very Nice ... but how well does it shoot ?
Bert
  

got a couple of boxes of cartridges, will advise 😉
  

I have more than 4,000 rounds of loaded 22 Hornet ammo (factory new and reloads).

Bert H. said
Very Nice ... but how well does it shoot ?
Bert
  

got a couple of boxes of cartridges, will advise 😉

Bert

Many thanks to Lou for his guidance and information. I had wanted to talk to Randy Shuman about this gun, good to know there's another pre 64 jedi master in our midst.

Win61 said

Bert,
I sold the 61 at the Cody show but have acquired a replacement. One of these days (health and weather cooperating) I will take it to the range for an accuracy test.
Win 61
  

I see that you have joined in the "Hornets Nest"  Currently, I have (4), two standard Hornets, and two K-Hornets.  You might consider adding a Model 54 Hornet to your "nest".

This was my recent range result with my Model 54 Hornet (the flier was the first cold barrel shot).  13.5 grains of Hodgdon Lil'Gun, 40-grain Hornady V-Max bullet @ 100-yds

Bert