Does anyone know if it would be safe to re-chamber a 17HMR handi to 17AH? The case head is a little bigger in the AH, and the pressure is slightly higher but not terribly much. Would this be a safe conversion? I guess there would also have to be some work done to the firing pin as well
NEF HMR to 17 ack. hornet - safe?
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The SB1 action will not take it as I understand it, and I don't think it is convertable to centerfire if it could. But that barrel can be fitted to an SB2 (centerfire) action, no firing pin work.
On another board a guy did a 17 hmr to 17 rem but the fit to the action is key, he never got it to fit right so accuracy was not good, he sold that barrel off to another guy but I lost track of it after that. I know of one other similar conversion but it was 22 mag to 218 bee, last I saw that one had turned out good. The lock up needs to be about .0015" but no more that .003" and even there accuracy is so-so.
The ejector spring is not as strong in the rimfires and you will probably have to dremmel the ejector as well, I don't think that a standard hornet ejector can fit in a rimfire barrel lug. It would be an interesting gun if it worked out.
On another board a guy did a 17 hmr to 17 rem but the fit to the action is key, he never got it to fit right so accuracy was not good, he sold that barrel off to another guy but I lost track of it after that. I know of one other similar conversion but it was 22 mag to 218 bee, last I saw that one had turned out good. The lock up needs to be about .0015" but no more that .003" and even there accuracy is so-so.
The ejector spring is not as strong in the rimfires and you will probably have to dremmel the ejector as well, I don't think that a standard hornet ejector can fit in a rimfire barrel lug. It would be an interesting gun if it worked out.
