.17 Hornet by Hornady

[Brutus]

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[bassman]

I think I'm in love....somebody better get one of these out in LH ASAP!!

 

[trevj]

Love the "WE" from the second slug in the video.
WE took the taper out of the case, WE necked it down.

It's the .17 Ackley Hornet, inna nutshell.

And it's been around in one form or another for a very long time.

Lotsa load info around, lotsa data for what to do to make an accurate rifle for it, too.

Hopefully the makers don't stick a huge, long throat on the chambers.

Having some dies available for reasonable prices, as well as off-the-shelf empty cases, is great, though.

It may be a buck a round for loaded ammo, but it's 650-700 or more reloaded rounds to a pound of powder.

Looking forward to the sorting out of the details, and maybe ordering a reamer to suit!

Cheers
Trev

 

[dragoon7214]

I'm curious if anyone other than Savage is looking at producing rifles. The .17 HMR took off because enough gun makers started chambering it from the get go. Hopefully Hornady will get Ruger in on this at the ground floor like they did with the HMR, but I think this one is destined to be the next 17 Mach 2. I'll stick with my Ruger Hornet for right now.

 

[Rotaxpower]

Pretty neat but I think my 17 Remington will do for me

 

[leveractionjunkie]

I want one! I was looking at rechambering an existing rifle but this will work out much better

 

[Mutt58]

Oh a CZ 527 would be nice!I like the idea of this round
Might hurt sales of the HMR?

 

[Gatehouse]

I would like one but I don't know if I would be able to actually pick up a .17 caliber bullet with my big mitts.

 

[MiG25]

anybody make a deer bullet for it?

 

[randas]

Probably trade off my 17 HMR for one if it takes off and components are readily available

 

[tjsudbury]

anybody make a deer bullet for it?

I hear that Barnes is coming out with a 17gr TSX specially made for deer

 

[gunsmith1951]

I would like one but I don't know if I would be able to actually pick up a .17 caliber bullet with my big mitts.

Ditto, I love shooting my .17 Rem. but it is a pain to reload.

 

[KDX]

If I didn't already have a 17FB I would be taking a long hard look at one of these. The 17 cal bullets definitely take a little finesse to reload with, but it's doable.