I use Lil' Gun and CCI small pistol primers. Have used both Rem and Win brass, both give satisfactory results. I don't have any load data for the 53 SMK, after some experimentation I am now using only the hornet-specific bullets in mine. I get very good results with the sierra 40 g bullets made for the hornet and the Speer 33 g TNT's for the hornet. Either 12 or 13 g of Lil' gun in either case. Some guys will tell you to use the Lee factory crimp for better results, I have yet to try it.
My rifle is the Savage model 40 and it is very accurate. I had some initial issues reloading for the .22 hornet, was crushing a lot of necks. once I got the FL die set correctly and started using the hornet-specific bullets, I'm not having any more issues. A lot of ppl shoot the 40 g v-max for the .223 in the hornet and report good results. I found that it was bulging and sometimes crushing my cases, and also that it would get hung up on extraction if the round wasn't fired because the OAL was too long for the ejection port. YMMV, as they say.
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