- Sat Jan 16, 2016 1:32 am
#4405
The Hornet is a venerable classic that never dies and never will. Every generation of rifleman has some who "discovers" it and fall victim to it's spell. I'm one of them.
That said, besides form factor and what we can fit it in the .22 TCM has some interesting capabilities the hornet will never have like PDW applications for one. Heavier bullets at higher velocities than the 5.7 FN could ever dream of... the PDW side of the TCM is only beginning to be scratched now.
Short and fat for it's length case with a decent shoulder angle....we seen that formula work real well in other cartridges like PPC and Grendel for two examples. Somebody needs to wring this thing out as far as it's accuracy potential can go.
I have said elsewhere the TCM is a kind of 22 Hornet for the 21st century but that's wrong 'cause it's more than that.