17 hornet

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Never used these, what are they like ? Group wise ? And distance ?

Just had a quick look at old notes and 5 shot groups averaged 0.75" at 100 yards. 10.2gn Vit N110 giving average 3650fps. This was from 17 Hornady brass, I seem to remember that fireforming 22 PRVI brass wasn't too far off this.
With Murom primers the load worked out at under 16 pence per shot.

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What's the damage like on quarry ?

I mainly load 20g vmax at about 3650 fps with IMR 4227 with a deverstating results out to 250 yards

So I will have to give them a go

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What's the damage like on quarry ?

I mainly load 20g vmax at about 3650 fps with IMR 4227 with a deverstating results out to 250 yards

So I will have to give them a go

The 20gn Vmax is awful in my rifle and the 17gn Vmax shoots much better.
Damage is pretty horrific really, I hit two young rabbits at about 170 yards and the 'whop' was loud and both were turned inside out. Humane but vicious.

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The 20gn Vmax is awful in my rifle and the 17gn Vmax shoots much better.
Damage is pretty horrific really, I hit two young rabbits at about 170 yards and the 'whop' was loud and both were turned inside out. Humane but vicious.

I'm confused now. The only 17 calibre I can find at HK are soft points, of which I bought 500 and found good in my rifle.

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I'm confused now. The only 17 calibre I can find at HK are soft points, of which I bought 500 and found good in my rifle.

The HK 17 cal 17gn £5.50 bullets described as soft points are Hornady Vmax bullets as used in the HMR. The ones I've got have 'gold' coloured poly tips like Remington HMR ammo.

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The HK 17 cal 17gn £5.50 bullets described as soft points are Hornady Vmax bullets as used in the HMR. The ones I've got have 'gold' coloured poly tips like Remington HMR ammo.

The ones I have from HK are gold with a grey/green tip with a boat tail. They do seem to be plastic though. Can't mark em with a thumbnail.


http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/a...%20bullets.jpg

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The ones I have from HK are gold with a grey/green tip with a boat tail. They do seem to be plastic though. Can't mark em with a thumbnail.


http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/a...%20bullets.jpg

Yup that's them, Hornady 17gn Vmax as used in HMR ammo.