Vihtavuori N133, IMR-8308 XBR and Accurate LT-30 were paired with this bullet, but none particularly impressed. Same goes for the Mach IV and Fireball, although the velocity difference between the two bullet weights is less in them. All Guns and Ammo subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. I was shooting a custom Remington 40X in .220 Swift, and out to 300 yards my friend never failed to match me shot for shot. And CFE BLK does have several advantages over those two propellants. The .17 RFB provides 300 to 400 feet per second (fps) velocity gains over the popular .17 Hornet. Simply run a case through the Ackley full-length resizer and it is ready to load. MSRP: $11.99 per 50-rnd. Robust, accurate and without expense-increasing frills, the XT-17 comes with a 22-inch barrel in your choice of stainless or blued, with walnut or synthetic stock. They produce almost no discernable recoil. The .17 Hornets tiny bullets and a small case capacity mean velocities vary considerably with a slight change in powder weight. This bullet, seated to a 1.81-inch OAL, also started turning in better groups. Joe Kurtenbach and Caleb Giddings also look at the first-ever optics-ready carry revolvers with the new Taurus 605 and 856 T.O.R.O. When dropped from a powder measure, an 18.0-grain charge fills a Winchester case almost to the brim, so when applied to those two bullet weights only, the word maximum indicates that 18.0 grains is the maximum amount of CFE BLK the case will hold. Like those bullets, the Sierra 40- and 45-grain Hornets expand on varmints quite nicely, but since they do not have flat noses, no more than one should be loaded in the tubular magazine of a lever-action rifle. That partial, full-length sizing helps reduce the stretch of firing and the squeeze of sizing to extend case life. (Photo courtesy of Lane Pearce) September 20, 2022 By Lane Pearce. Determined to include a Berger 30-grain load in this report, I asked my friends at Hodgdon to shoot it in their 24-inch pressure barrel. CFE BLK shined, with 16 grains of powder producing a .45-inch group at 3,792 fps, and a maximum load of 17 grains printing .50 inch at 4,091 fps. Still, extreme velocity spreads ranged from 104 to 368 fps with IMR-4227, 142 fps with Reloder 7 and 162 fps with H-4198 shooting 20-grain bullets. Fast follow-up shots are easy, virtue of low recoil, and savvy shooters can spot their own impacts through their scope. It fed cartridges measuring 1.750 inches just fine, but to avoid any feeding issues in the field, I reduced COL to 1.745 inches. The Hornady .17 case, however, is a bit shorter in length and to the base of the shoulder than the Ackley case. Hodgdons listing of 18.0 grains of CFE BLK as maximum for 30- and 35-grain bullets needs clarification. About the same time, Hornady introduced its version of the 25-grain HPand this was (and is) an excellent bullet, though sadly it appears to be out of production at the moment. Velocities from pressure barrels are usually higher than velocities from off-the-shelf rifles, but in this case it was quite close at 3,836 fps. box; midwayusa.com. Of rimfire design, it's ideal for prairie dogs, potgut gophers and most of the smaller furbearers out to a couple of hundred yards. Brass is easily formed by running .221 RFB brass through .17 RFB full-length dies and trimming to 1.40 inches. All Rights Reserved. The Hodgdons 2012 Annual Manual and the Hodgdon website list about the same maximum loads for the .17 Ackley Hornet and .17 Hornet with some powders. .17 Remington (Using Hornady Bullets) reloading data with 77 loads. Neck sizing the cases stretched them to 1.344. of benchmark with a Rem 7.5 primer In Handbook for Shooters and Reloaders, Volume II (1966), Ackley writes about himself: The author may or may not have been the originator of the .17 caliber in this country. Formed by necking down Remington's .221 Fireball case and increasing shoulder angle to 30 degrees, O'Brien claimed a velocity of 3,700 fps for a 25-grain bullet. Reiber's load consisted of the Remington 6 primer, Hornady case, and Hornady 20-grain V-Max seated out to lightly engage the rifling. It would not go 20 rounds without overheating the barrel and experiencing velocity excursions. It weighs 10.73 pounds scoped and the added Timney Trigger broke crisply at 2.08 pounds. Velocity from the 10.75-inch barrel of the XP-100 was just over 3,100 fps, with accuracy as good as that particular gun has ever produced. Hornadys 20-grain Z-MAX is the same as the V-MAX in every way, except the polymer tip is Zombie green instead of Hornady red. The use of more streamlined pointed bullets in bolt-action rifles, such as the Winchester 43, Kimber 82, and Sako L46, flattens trajectory and increases downrange punch. Bullets for the .17 Remington have come a long way since 1971, both in quality and variety. My best load with the 20gn V-Max was 10gn of Lil Gun for a sizzling 3699fps, but 10gn of AR2205 gave a handy 3535fps and WIN-296 did 3550fps. The CCI A17 load has a catalog MV of 2650 fps and chronographed between 2775 and 2809 fps from our test rifles. The Berger reloading manual shows the exact same maximum powder charge weights for both. That is a significant difference in such a small cartridge case that only holds about 12 grains of powder. The 20-grain Varmageddon by Nosler is a classic cup-and-core hollowpoint that provides a great option for high-volume, budget-conscious varmint shooters. Like: H4350, H4831 SC, VV N550 & N160. 23.5 grn. It shoots projectiles in the 17- to 20-grain range up to about 2,600 feet per second (fps). It is a very small bore, very high-pressure round and as such, it fouls just like a similar, larger cartridge (think .22/250 or .220 Swifteven the .204 Ruger). When it comes down to velocity, the .17 Rem. For called-in coyotes, I switch to the 30-grain Berger, but I prefer the 25-grain V-Max for longer shots. The .17 Remington Fireball introduced a few years ago is a somewhat larger edition of the .17 Hornet, but the Fireball is less than trendy. The V-MAX bullets had an average velocity of 3,567 fps for 10 shots recorded 10 feet in front of the muzzle of the 21.90-inch barrel of a CZ 527 American. The powder weights for all the loads but one listed in the table were weighed as precisely as I could on a balance scale. It's a "hot" round, pushing a 48-grain bullet at 4,100 fps. 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I prefer 20-grain bullets in the .17 Hornets because they can be pushed much faster than 25-grain bullets. A 50-grain V-Max exiting the muzzle of a rifle in .223 Rem. As with the above V-Max-equipped offerings, this load is best relegated to targets and non-edible species. Except for the CCI A17 load, all brands claim a muzzle velocity (MV) of 2525-2550 fps and in our chronograph testing actually delivered average MVs of 2550-2650 fps, depending on the load. Ackley created his first .17 caliber wildcat by necking down the .30 Carbine case. A Cooper rifle I shot performed best with the Federal 205M. Most folks think that Gaston Glock introduced pistols with plastic . The factory 20-grain loads were accurate and had a velocity of 3,567 fps when shot from a CZ 527 American. Springfield Armory Hellion 5.56 NATO Bullpup Rifle: Tested, SIG Sauer P322 .22 Rimfire Pistol: Full Review. Give it a shot and see what youve been missing. When a new cartridge is introduced, its origins can often be traced to a cartridge P.O. Regardless of the powder used, velocity spread can be a bit high with the 17 Hornet, although it seldom affects accuracy enough to matter within the effective varmint-shooting range of the cartridge. There are a variety of .17-caliber bullets for handloaders to choose from. I first pulled bullets and dumped powder. I had enough primed cases left over for exactly four-shot strings, and one does not waste primers these days. at 3,400 fps and zeroed the same is down three inches at 100 yards. CFE BLK my go-to .221 Fireball rifle powder produced top velocities and good accuracy, including a .48-inch group at 4,250 fps with 17 grains of powder. 17 Remington cartridge with a 24 inch barrel makes 3900-4000 fps very easy with IMR 4198. My old pet load for my 17 BDL was with IMR 4320 with 25 Berger Match HP. I have some 25 grain Calhoon .17 bullets that I have been saving for a while. All Rights Reserved. The best groups resulted from 18 grains of N133 (.66 inch at 3,822 fps, including very low extreme velocity spreads), a 19 grain maximum load of IMR-8308 XBR (.73-inch at 3,874 fps) and 16 grains of LT-30 (.75 inch at 3,622 fps). 2023 Outdoor Sportsman Group. The .17 Remington is a fun and interesting round to work with. The next 10, not so much. Small powder charges result in cleaner shooting than the .17 Remington though all .17-caliber cartridges require frequent barrel cleaning to assure continued accuracy. During my youth, I shot a custom single-shot rifle in 17 Ackley Hornet built on a Winchester Model 1885 action belonging to one of my fathers hunting pals. Use of the Remington 6 primer improved accuracy in Reibers gun as well as mine. All Rights Reserved. Caleb Giddings, Marketing Manager at Taurus, introduces the all-new TaurusTX 22 Compact. Hornady also calls its new .17-caliber cartridge the .17 Hornet. I just spoke to a gent this past week on this subject. Possibly more germane, I was unable to clean the barrel as often as I would have liked during testing, my pull-through bore snake was too short to fish through the 26-inch barrel. It is about 600 fps faster than the .17 Hornets and an honest 300 fps faster than the Mach IV and the Fireball. A few grains of bullet weight in this diminutive cartridge can make a very large difference in terminal effect, and the sleeker HPBT design flies exceedingly well. Unfortunately, it did not turn in a noteworthy group with this bullet. Granted, the barrel had undoubtedly become fouled at this point in the test, with no means to remedy that. To show viewers how to succeed at long range, J. Guthrie gears up for a challenging shot while chasing Colorado pronghorn at long range with DPMS' Panther 6.5 Creedmoor. The author obtained the tools, which took some time, and by the time the tools were ready Mr. ONeil had other things to occupy his mind, so that the project remained static until 1945. Accurate: AAC-2460: Subscribe: 3741: Remarks: 20: Hornady V-Max: Accurate: AAC-2460 . Hornady HP. Published Jul 22, 2022 2:40 PM EDT. Full-length sizing the fired cases, though, lengthened them .006 inch. Have you tried H322? The .221 Fireball was created in 1959 as the initial chambering for Remington's new, unique, "space-age" XP-100 bolt-action pistol. He owned no powder scale and simply filled the case to the brim with IMR 4198, seated a bullet on top, and commenced to terrorize the local crow population. It typically kills even big-bodied coyotes cleanly, yet does minimal damage to the skin. CFE 223 was introduced in 2012, and CFE Pistol followed in 2014. The Sierra 40-grain BlitzKing delivered the smallest groups when seated out to lightly kiss the rifling, while the 50-grain BlitzKing preferred 0.005 inch of jump. Ruger's multi-role small frame autoloading rifle - Sear - combines AR-10 power with AR-15 Portability. So with some hold-over aiming finesse, the .17 would make a decent ground squirrel and prairie dog cartridge out to 300 yards. 17 MACH IV. But by using a 7-inch drop tube, I managed to coax in 18.5 grains behind the Berger 30-grain and Hornady 35-grain bullets. Hodgdons load data shows 11.0 grains of H-4198 gave the 20-grain V-MAX a velocity of 3,226 fps. 8208 is now my go to powder for the 17 Schism Feb 22, 2017 #7 bobcat93 said: I'm getting 1 1/2" -1 I'm using my cz527 One in the chamber and another in the magazine makes it a two-shooter. But like most rifles in 22 Hornet, the barrels of those in 218 Bee have a rifling twist of 1:16 inches, which is not quick enough to stabilize many of the bullets listed for this cartridge in various reloading manuals. Patrick. Chris Johnson, FN Senior Product Manager, walks us through two new FN striker-fired pistols at SHOT Show 2023: the FN 510 Tactical, chambered in 10mm Auto, and the FN 545 Tactical, chambered in .45 ACP. If looking to acquire an automated powder-charge dispensing unit to speed up precision reloading, don't judge the RCBS ChargeMaster Lite powder scale and dispenser by its name; the Little Green machine packs a heavy-weight punch with speed and accuracy. I also wondered if this rifle just didnt like heavier slugs, so I decided to try some 25 grain Hornady V-MAX I had acquired after assembling initial loads in a component-shortage swap with a friend. Despite their long leap through space, five of the 20-grain AccuTip-V bullets consistently landed inside an inch at 100 yards. It ends up with a shorter neck than a case formed from 22 Hornet brass, but prairie dogs dont seem to mind, and accuracy does not suffer. You won't be disappointed if you can find all the components. Running the cases through a 17 Ackley Hornet full-length resizing die with its decap pin removed resized case necks and bumped the shoulder back just enough to allow entry into the chamber of the rifle but left the primer in place. The primers that seem to consistently work the best (and are the ones most sources recommend) are the CCI 450, Remington 7.5, and CCI BR-4. Very accurate and fast in Remington 700 BDL sporter xswanted Gold $$ Contributor Feb 22, 2017 #6 I tried it. Speaking of casesgood cartridge cases are available from a variety of sources, as is loaded ammunition. Price: $280 to $350-ish Great velocity with 25 grainers but poor accuracy. Not only that, but it is also stable in a 1:9 twist, which has become the standard in the caliber (from the original 1:10). In some cases, the cartridge you want to shoot will dictate the type of rifle available. The .17 Hornet (right) is quite a bit smaller and burns about three-quarters as much powder as the .17 Remington Fireball (left). Ill save those bullets for my .17 Hornet. The .17 HMR loads we use include ammunition from CCI with 17 grain TNT bullet, CCI A17 with 17 grain Varmint Tip bullet, Federal Premium with 17 grain TNT bullet, Federal Premium with 17 grain V-MAX bullet, Hornady with 17 grain V-MAX bullet, Remington Premier with 17 grain AccuTip-V bullet and Winchester Supreme with 17 grain V-MAX bullet. With an Accu-Fit stock and left hand adjustable bolt, this rifle is a perfect choice for anyone! I began my shooting tests by using Barnes CR-10 solvent to ensure no copper fouling lurked in the barrels of the test guns. Seventeen-caliber rifles are just a little bit magic. I have also done a lot of work with the Federal 205 and 205 Match, and these primers also work wellbut will also start to flatten and can pierce more easily than the first three mentioned. 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Stocky's Owner Don Bitz walks David Faubion through the company's new rifle stocks for 2023. A proprietary hollowpoint design makes these bullets explosive on varmints, the lead-free composition making them relatively long for weight. Meet the all-new Taurus Judge Executive Grade, a revolver featuring a hand-polished satin finish, presentation-grade wood grips, a brass rod front sight and an exceptional hand-tuned trigger. The 17 Mach IV was designed by Vern O'Brien, Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1962. That meshes closely with Hornadys 200-yard zero figures: +1.1 inches at 100 yards and -6.40 inches at 300 yards. Patches pushed through the bore came out with the black gunk of powder fouling but no blue color to indicate jacket fouling. The new case most likely is shorter so it can be loaded with relatively long and pointed Hornady 20- and 25-grain V-MAX bullets and still retain the same 1.723-inch overall cartridge length of the .22 Hornet. The .17 Remington works with a wider variety of propellants than one may immediately think. The same charge with 20-grain V-MAXes started out with an even tighter group, but I flipped out the bullet from the fourth shot, which enlarged the group to 1.09 inches at 100 yards. was IMR4320. While the 17 Fireball is about 300 fps slower with all bullet weights than the 17 Remington, it is probably more popular today because it burns about 20 percent less powder with each squeeze of the trigger. Cases did stretch some during firing and then sizing. Typically, groups with each rifle are fired for record by three or four Guns and Shooting Online staffers and/or contributors. Sizing bushings are interchangeable and available in .001-inch increments, allowing just-right neck tensioning to accommodate specific chambers (a micrometer is used to measure outside neck diameter of a loaded cartridge and .001-inch subtracted). Even the report of most .17-caliber guns is mild, particularly that of rimfire versions. It is based on a necked-down .223 Remington case and uses a .172 caliber bullet, making it an ideal choice for those looking for small-caliber performance with minimal recoil. Most current .270 Win. Plus, whats not to like about a cartridge with a near absence of recoil that shoots flat enough to take small game out to 300 yards? This is a consummate varmint rifle, including a long, heavy barrel for maximum velocity and minimal warming between shots, with molded synthetic stock and forearm vents to promote barrel cooling. Patches wet with Barnes CR-10 pushed through the bore revealed a total absence of copper fouling. The new Sako Finnlight II sports an innovative stock and Cerakote metal paired with the terrific 85 action. Especially Remington brass. Bob Meinert, FN Marketing Director, introduces FN's first commercial pistol suppressor, the FN Rush 9Ti. Here's some great load data to help you achieve the best 5-shot groups. While shooting, I cleaned powder fouling from their barrels after each 25-round string, but applied no additional copper solvent. He killed 17 wolves and 6-8 caribou with that load plus who knows how many foxes and coyotes. This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets. The factory ammo was and is very accurate ammo, this load may possible be Remington's recipe. At 100 yards there is still a healthy 3,389fps velocity and 638ft/lb striking energy that is more than enough for humane despatches. The Judge has been promoted! The Remington Model Seven is ready, willing and able to handle just about any task. Nosler makes both a hollowpoint and a Tipped projectile in the Varmageddon line, while Hornady makes a 20-grain V-MAX, as well as a 25-grain V-MAX if you like a little heavier option. The .17 caliber rimfire cartridges include the .17 M2, .17 HMR and .17 WSM. He did try some CFE 223 and was very happy with it. Factory .223 Remington loads often provide good accuracy, but the cartridge is a great choice for handloaders who want to duplicate or even exceed factory ammunition ballistics. 6 Best .300 PRC (Precision Rifle Cartridge) Rifles, Remington .50-70 Rolling Block History: New York's Pick to Arm Its National Guard, .375 H&H Mag. H414/W760 behind a 30gr. For shooting varmints like prairie dogs or ground squirrels, the 20-grain bullets are hard to beat. When developing its version of the .17 Hornet, Hornady shortened the .22 Hornet case about 0.050 inch to make overall cartridge length compatible with the magazines of existing rifles in .22 Hornet. On the faster burning end of the usable spectrum, and with lighter bullets powders like H322 can deliver astonishingly high velocity with excellent accuracy. Hodgdon Powder is the only current source of handloading data I could find for the new and old .17s. Vihtavuori N133, Hodgdon Benchmark and Ramshot X-Terminator (same as Accurate A-2230) were tried, with the best group just .62 inch at 4,043 fps with 18 grains of N133, .77 inch at 4,098 fps with 19.5 grains of Benchmark and .70 inch at 3,780 fps with 19 grains of X-Terminator. Cases are available from Nosler and Normaand they are quite goodthough a bit more heavily constructed than the original Remingtonsso the handloader must take this into consideration and work up loads carefully if using data that was developed in Remington cases. Formed by necking up the .223 Rem. models. If the rifles are compared based on the average group size achieved with their favored brand of ammo the results are as follows. The round was first loaded with an 87-grain bullet at the then-astounding velocity of 3,000 fps; the "3000" in its name was, of course, a marketing maneuver on the bullet speed. 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