marksman wrote:I have 2 x 17 ackley hornets, one for my son, they are great out to a bit more than 200
honestly every thing the 17-bee or 17-222 will do the 17 hornet will do, there is your answer
there is one thing about the 17 hornet though the hornady brass is crap, very inconsistent
I have recently had to help a couple of mates make some cases up for there 17 hornets out of 22 hornet cases
it's no different than making them for the 17 ackley, the results were better way less flyers but you could cull the crap ones out of the hornady cases
andym79 wrote:Hi guys, I am thinking of getting a 17 calibre centrefire for foxes to do minimal damage to pelts, I intend on doing shooting under 200 metres.
Which of these would you go for 17 hornet, 17-218 bee or 17-222? The 17 hornet will work out the cheapest be the most available and having the cheapest dies and components plus maybe being able to get loaded ammo, not that I do. The 17-222 will of course be able to reach out the furthest, and components are off the shelf, dies cost a bit more. I suspect the bee would be the best in power level, in between, I have some bee brass so am not worried about that but the dies cost top dollar.
I would like to hear from those who have experience with any or all of these.
Thanks
marksman wrote:I forgot to say that they are that good for fox skins that you shoot them in the chest and have to skin it to find the hole,
when you pick a 17 hornet shot fox up it feels like a bag full of broken egg shells with no exit wound
accuracy is brilliant, first firing photos attached, in red 10 x fire forming loads and a 3 shot group on a light load that shoots dead on hold out to 200
Ralyant wrote:Im pretty keen on a 17 also. Had a 17WSM Volquartsen on order. but discontinued before they released them, Im kind of glad they did as ill go a centerfire option now.
Im not overly happy with the 17 hornet factory options and it seems a custom 17 horny build is not so easy. So im looking at options like a 17 Fireball or Viper.
I like the idea of a 10g slower charge load with good barrel life. But the option for 4000fps loads wit 18+ grain charges.
Anyone here had experience with either of these?