I have three .22 Hornets, a Browning 1885, a Zastava M85 Mini Mauser and a Remington 799 (a Zastava M85 rebranded for Remington), both placed in new old stock Interms Mini Mauser stocks (also made by Zastava for Interarms).
The Browning is a 1 MOA rifle and doesn’t like longer bullets, starting with the 40 gr V-Max.
The Mini Mausers are both 1/2 MOA to 3/4 MOA force shot group rifles, depending on the load. Both do very well with the 40 gr V-Max.
Ammunition is hard to find and the last box I saw recently was priced at $90.
However about 10 years ago I bought 1000 rounds of PPU.45 gr RNSP ammo at prices that were only slightly higher than the cost of new PPU brass. The ammo itself was nothing to write home about accuracy wise. However the brass has kept me in the .22 Hornet game for the last decade,
.22 Hornet is very neighbor friendly given the mild report and it’s a very accurate cartridge to load for.
.22 Hornet brass however varies a lot in internal volume. Hornady brass is by far the lowest volume and has smaller than normal flash holes that can cause issues with some decapping pins. Remington is at the other extreme and it’s well suited to lighter weight bullets with fluffy powders like Lil Gun.. PPU and Winchester are in the middle.