![]() The cartridge overall length is the same for both cartridges at 1.723 inches, so that both cases can share the same magazine. The Hornady variant-some sixty years younger-uses minimum body taper, and a case length a bit shorter than its parent case (1.350 inches for the. ![]() Ackley’s loading advice was to fill the case with DuPont IMR 4198, scrape off any powder sticking out beyond the case mouth and use the bullet to compress the load. 17 Hornet used a 30-degree shoulder, which differs from the Hornady design, but there’s no denying that the seed was planted. Ackley would swage his own bullets for his. 17-caliber cartridge, but the concept wouldn’t see the light of day until P.O. 17 Hornet, which had been a wildcat since the early 1950s.Ĭharles O’Neil-part of the trio of rifle cartridge developers responsible for the OKH cartridges, including Elmer Keith and Don Hopkins-had the idea of. 17 Fireball-and in 2012 Hornady got SAAMI approval for the. 17 HMR in 2002, and its younger brother the. ![]() 17 bore sort of struggled along until Hornady released the. 17 Remington, a screaming varmint cartridge based on the. 17-caliber cartridges have been around for over 70 years in wildcat form, though in commercial form they made their debut in 1971 when Remington released their.
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