.17Hornet

[9.3 Mauser]

The .17 Hornet ammo is on the shelves now and all that I have seen have the dished head problems that the current run of .22 Hornets from Hornady have. Watch out for these. The head is dished in so bad that the primers back out on firing just like you had a headspace problem. I just had to return 200 rounds of the bad Hornet.

[poncaguy]

Speaking of 17's, anyone know where I can get some 17 Fireball ammo?.......................no one seems to have any....

[1armoured]

The .17 Hornet ammo is on the shelves now and all that I have seen have the dished head problems that the current run of .22 Hornets from Hornady have. Watch out for these. The head is dished in so bad that the primers back out on firing just like you had a headspace problem. I just had to return 200 rounds of the bad Hornet.

Yup, noticed in a box of .22Hornet V-Max factory rounds. Pronounced dish.


Been toying with the idea of a new .17Hornet rifle to go with my .22H Savage Model 40,
which shoots like a dream, and no problems yet after a couple years.


The new Savage .17H rifle should be out by now ?


cheers,
SS

[Hank08]

I called Hornady and spoke to one of their "TECK" men, he told me that the 17 Hornady Hornet cases were the full length hornet case and that i could shoot them in my .17 AH.  I bought some cases and they're about a 1/16" shorter than a hornet case, so much for the TECH man,  the Ackley shoulder is about 1/16" further forward than the Hornady. They wouldn't chamber in my Ackley (shoulder is slightly larger) but after running them thru my size die they chambered and fireformed fine. Been shooting both the Hornady 20 vmax and the 25 HP, using 680.  300 yds. it's just stacking one on top of the other.  This in a small Martini that I built in 1973.  Been hanging on the wall for yrs. but I'm hot for it again now. I'm getting 3500 with the 25 gr. and 3750 with the 20 vmax with no obvious pressure signs. Wind doesn't seem to bother it any more than a .223.
H08