what's the smallest sub-caliber you load?

[Mr. Friendly]

sub-caliber's interest me...mostly the .22, but seeing all the variants that go even smaller are kinda cool.

so what else do you load? do you play with the loads for accuracy?

everyone says the same load for the .22 Hornet, so I'm actually somewhat concerned that there will be no fun playing with the Hornet because there appears to essentially be only one load for it...or do you play with other powders and see what happens?

 

[Fassteel]

I like hornet, but I love 19 Calhoon

 

[Mr. Friendly]

hey Fass, what kind of velocities and accuracy do you get with the .19 Calhoon? how far out can you shoot accurately?

 

[Fassteel]

35-3600 with the 28gr Calhoon bullets. 3 in your thumbnail at 100 yards with the AA 1680 powder

 

[Fassteel]

i HAVE NEVER TRIED SHOOTING IT AT 300 YARDS.

 

[stubblejumper]

I load for the 17hornet, 17 fireball, 20 vartarg, and 20 tactical. And all of my rifles have their own preferences for load.

 

[Mr. Friendly]

do you still play with the loads with dif powders stubble or do you challenge yourself with different shooting objectives?

 

[stubblejumper]

do you still play with the loads with dif powders stubble or do you challenge yourself with different shooting objectives?

Once I have a satisfactory load, I stick with it. For my application, sub 1/2moa to at least 200 yards is my standard. Below is an example of my typical 100yard groups. I was low on the 39gr .204" Blitzkings, so I used three shot groups instead of five shots.

And some five shot groups at 100 yards.

 

[cath8r]

.17 remington. 24.5 gr of varget behind a 25 gr berger match and it doesn't miss. 4025 fps. My favorite centerfire

 

[hometownhero]

Smallest I load for is a 6mm. 6x45 with 105gr bullets

 

[Dogleg]

The smallest I've loaded for was a .17 Rem, which I eventually sold because I didn't really see the sense in it for anything I do. Smallest I'm currently loading is the .204 Ruger. Its a few thousandths closer to making sense.

 

[cr5]

17 fireball, 20gr pill almost 4000fps is fun.
IMR4198 pushes them into tiny little groups