17 Fireball

[AP2020]

I always wanted a 17 Remington, but I could never find one.

So, I have a 17 Fireball 19.5" Deadshot AR barrel coming next Thursday.

I have all the components and reloading dies assembled! I even found a used Wilson Inline seating die for $20 on ebay!

18gr Dead Hammer = groundhogs
19gr Hammer Hunter = coyotes

 

[rickiesrevenge]

Can you post a picture of the two bullets side by side?

 

[AP2020]

Can you post a picture of the two bullets side by side?

The 18gr and 19gr are identical in length.

The only difference is the depth of the hollow point.

18gr Dead Blow has a deeper hollow point and is designed for varmints.

19gr Hammer Hunter has a shallower hollow point and is designed to retain 73% of it's weight.

Steve Davis, owner of Hammer Bullets, killed 2 impala with the 19gr Hunter bullets using a 17 Hornet at 3,600fps.

I'll be conducting high speed slow motion video gel shots with both bullets.

Quickloads is predicting 4,000fps using IMR8208 XBR.