Reeder Custom Guns - I was looking at .17 cal. rifled when I remembered

WB
I was looking at .17 cal. rifled when I remembered
Tuesday, March 27, 2018, 14:44

I have a .17 HMR TC handgun barrel. It is so much fun shooting the 17 gr. bullets at 2500 fps and when they hit, no worries as they come apart pretty well.

Being a TC tube though I began wondering what's keeping me from re-chambering it to .17 Hornady Hornet, .17 Ackley, or even .17 Ackley Bee?! I can rent the reamers myself and do the work. That's some dangerous thinking...

The 20-25 gr. bullets would perform better from the 14" pistol barrel too. I wonder what it could do? Best I could manage from the .17 Remington was 3300 fps with a 25 gr. in a 14" TC. The rimfire at 2500 and 17 grs. is not too bad itself. I may need to chrono those 20 gr. from it. Would 5 gr. more bullet and 500 fps be worth it?

I was looking at .17 cal. rifled when I remembered - WB, 2018-03-27, 14:44
- I had never considered a 17 HMR - Grover Sr, 2018-03-28, 08:23
  - Great practice for the handgunner - WB, 2018-03-28, 08:56
    - I am sold, gonna get - Grover Sr, 2018-03-28, 09:16
      - See if you can find a deal on a used one - WB, 2018-03-28, 10:50
        That's what O will do - Grover Sr, 2018-03-28, 13:18
- Researching I have come to the conclusion - WB, 2018-03-28, 08:07
- 17 VHA - Abin Sur, 2018-03-27, 18:07
  - Good ballistics, such a small charge too. (nm) - WB, 2018-03-27, 20:00
- I would bet anything that keeps your - Brent Foy, 2018-03-27, 17:02
- i would imagine that 5gr and 500 fps more - Grover Sr, 2018-03-27, 15:34
  - Custom dies for those used to be $150-200 - WB, 2018-03-27, 16:20
    - I have heard the 25 gr bullets come apart - Grover Sr, 2018-03-27, 16:38
      - 17 cal and hyper velocity - Mike Casselton, 2018-03-27, 17:08
        Around here the .17 HMR is $13-16 per 50 - WB, 2018-03-27, 18:37
        they have been running as low as 9:50 -10:50 - jthomson, 2018-03-28, 19:33
        I have an accurized Ruger 77/17 in 17Hmr that I like very - Drdougrx, 2018-03-27, 20:47
        Mine was stock walnut with two barrels - WB, 2018-03-28, 05:51
        I had one as well but sold it. The Ruger is - Drdougrx, 2018-03-28, 07:22
        The Savage was made in Canada!?! - WB, 2018-03-28, 08:04