H110 ... 17 Hornady Hornet powders/loads. Berger bullet. Over the last few years, I’ve spent quite a bit of time at the reloading bench and in the field with the .17 Hornet, and I’ve have had a great time getting to know this fun little round. My second thought does the 17 hornet (K type) have lots of room or is it a tight fit? With a mind to start load developing for the 17 Hornet soon I have managed to acquire 3lbs of AA1680 - allegedly the best powder for the little cartridge. Well, actually its Lovex D063, but as they are one and the same, Ill be using the AA1680 load data I have. Reloder ® 10x Rifle Powders. Over the last few years, I’ve spent quite a bit of time at the reloading bench and in the field with the .17 Hornet, and I’ve have had a great time getting to know this fun little round.

The target on the left is my new .17 Hornet, and this was dialing in the Millett 1-4X scope at 100 yards. He created this non-factory (wildcat) offering by simply necking-down the .22 Hornet to .17 caliber and fire-forming the resized cases in his new chamber design. In my original Remington Model 700 in .17 Remington I used 22.5gn of AR2208 to drive the 30gn bullet at a handy 3780fps, but in the smaller capacity .17 Hornet case the best I could manage was 3025 fps because the 30-grainer’s length takes up a lot more of the already limited powder space. In all cases start low and go up no more than 0.2 grains at a time. My rifle, a CZ-527 Sporter, shoots very well. H110 ... 17 Hornady Hornet powders/loads. Smokeless small bore rifle powder. He is in Australia, ADI AR2207 converts to Hodgdon H4198. 300MP is the absolut best 410 powder so may be it a good fit for the 17-Hornet too. My second thought does the 17 hornet (K type) have lots of room or is it a tight fit? 5-shot groups.). I have already prepped and reloaded a few rounds (hopefully get to try them out before I go out of town for training for 2 weeks) but want my brass to last as long as possible. The first one was the .17 Hornet, closely followed by the .17 Bee and later by the .17/222.” Ackley describes the .17 Hornet as sort of an “improved” .22 Hornet necked down to .17 caliber. Lead photo by Michael Anschuetz Hodgdon CFE BLK powder is in the series of Copper Fouling Eraser propellants.
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The powder cavity and micrometer settings put the charge for a 17 Hornet right in the middle of the powder measure’s capacity — … Joined: Wed May 24, 2017 6:21 pm of H-355 for the Hornet and a 25gr. Ackley’s load data lists 25-grain bullets with a velocity of 3,585 fps from 12.0 grains of … My rifle, a CZ-527 Sporter, shoots very well.