Who's making a good, accurate rifle in .22 Hornet?

[Rocky Raab]

Uh, Red, was that 3700 fps a typo? I sure think so. Even 3000 is pushing things a lot with a 40-grain bullet in the Hornet.

But you also called it a 219 Savage, so perhaps this is a 219 Zipper and not a Hornet? That's much more likely.

Oddly enough, I also have a 219 Zipper. Mine's in a 14" Contender barrel, and so I don't get those kinds of speeds, but in a rifle barrel, 3700 with a 40-gr pill is possible.

Corrected to a common barrel length, my battery of 22 centerfires would rate in this order for velocity:

Hornet (slowest at 2800)
Bee
Zipper
Fireball
223

The Zipper might outperform the 223, IF it operated at the same pressures. But the 219 is limited to about 35,000-40,000 psi or CUP. That makes it a great low-pressure shooter that just about equals a 223 with most bullet weights at the expense of a pinch more powder to compensate for its larger volume case.