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Ruger No. 3 and H&R SB2 rifles, both in .22 Hornet

This Ruger is a new acquisition on its first outing. The Number 3 single shot was the economy version of the Number 1 rifle, discontinued in the mid-1980s due to rising production costs. [text continues below] I already owned another Number 3 in the much more powerful .45-70 cartridge, but the .22 Hornet has particular appeal for me and I was delighted to find another No. 3 in such find condition. In performance, the .22 Hornet's place is somewhere between the .22 Magnum Rimfire and the .222 Remington. During this session I was shooting this Ruger with PPU factory ammunition. I had just mounted the Leupold 2-7x scope using Ruger factory rings and bases, and most of the session was occupied with zeroing. As a control, I brought along my H&R SB2 rifle. It is also a .22 Hornet, but its chamber has been improved with a Kilbourne reamer. It will fire standard .22 Hornet ammunition, but after one firing the case will expand to a new shape called the K Hornet that is not backward compatible. I was using handloads here loaded with Hodgdon Lil'Gun propellant. I have a Burris 2-7x scope mounted in a H&R monolithic ring/base system. The SB2 line of rifles were an even more economy-priced option than the Ruger single shots, selling for maybe a third of a Ruger No.1 or No.3 cost. H&R is also no longer being manufactured and sold, so both rifles can be considered legacy arms today. Both rifles can shoot far better than I can, and I was not at my best this day. Their scopes are adequately zeroed now, at least until I can shoot them at longer distances.