20 Ackley hornet update

[mule]

This thing is amazing

Little powder, low recoil

24 ntx
26 barnes varmint grenades
32 vmax
34 nightmare
bullets im trying out of it on prairie dogs

 

[mule]

Work up loads

 

[Gabe22BR]

Looks like fun !!!

 

[Bill K]

Shot hundreds of the Nightmare in the 20, until my commie state ban lead bullets. You will enjoy how they do carrnage on those critters.

 

[HillbillyLongRifle]

I’ve thought on building a 20 Ackley Hornet many times. I sure do love my 17 Ackley Hornet here on Groundhogs!

 

[B23]

Looks like it would be a fun project.

 

[mule]

I’ve thought on building a 20 Ackley Hornet many times. I sure do love my 17 Ackley Hornet here on Groundhogs!

You're a brave man to clean something so tiny and small

 

[chuckshooter]

It's hard to beat my .20 ackley hornet when it comes to high volume colony shooting. 14 grains of powder behind a 32 vmax giving 3400 to 3500fps. I am close to 5000 rounds through mine now. it's usually the 1st rifle I pull out for all the close shots, but have kills beyond 400 yards with it in good wind conditions. I have thought many times about a 17AH or a 17 fireball, but holding that little bullet under the seating die was way to hard for me. But now that I have the universal seating die from Frankford Arsenal where the bullet is dropped in from the top, I might reconsider. it's cut my bullet seating time in half with my 20 cal loading.

 

[HillbillyLongRifle]

You're a brave man to clean something so tiny and small

I have several 17s i love
17 Squirrel
17 Ackley Hornet
17 TAC

 

[mule]

It's hard to beat my .20 ackley hornet when it comes to high volume colony shooting. 14 grains of powder behind a 32 vmax giving 3400 to 3500fps. I am close to 5000 rounds through mine now. it's usually the 1st rifle I pull out for all the close shots, but have kills beyond 400 yards with it in good wind conditions. I have thought many times about a 17AH or a 17 fireball, but holding that little bullet under the seating die was way to hard for me. But now that I have the universal seating die from Frankford Arsenal where the bullet is dropped in from the top, I might reconsider. it's cut my bullet seating time in half with my 20 cal loading.

What length barrel are you running an powder

 

[chuckshooter]

barrel is early x-caliber and is 25"
powder 1680 and here is the rifle

 

[Kiwishooter]

I want to build a couple of Hornets on Martini actions, a 17AH or 17HH and a 20AH, already have the dies.
So very interested in your load data for the 20AH