17 ackley hornet
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cleetus
17 ackley hornet
gday fellas does any1 out there own a 17 ackley hornet? what are the cases like to form? can you buy cases new?
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Cranky Bugga
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17 Ackley Hornet
Perfect for rabbits and foxes out to 200m. Runs out of puff for foxes further out unless you poke them them in the head. 20 grain Vmax @3800fps (11.5gn AR2205) is very flat and will stay inside a large rabbit. Similiar trajectory to a .223 pushing a 40gn @3800 fps but is uses significantly less than half the amount of powder and much less noise.
I am using Redding dies. Forming brass is not hard. I suggest you check out Varmint Al's website for technique. I do anneal the brass as per Varmit Al. Note that you don't need both Redding form dies as the number 2 die has the same diemensions as the Redding seater die. The instructions that come with the number 1 die confirm this.
I used a 1964 Brno hornet (ZKW) that had been converted to a .22K hornet. The action had been bedded including steel pillars and barrel floated. I ended up mailing the barreled action to MAB who fitted one of their barrels. They mailed the rebarreled action back to me. Easy. I don't know if they trued it at all but it does group nicely. I did replace the firing pin spring as I was getting some misfires using the rem 7.5 primers.
It still amazes me how far out it reaches accurately using such a small amount of powder.
If I did the project again I would use a lighter barrel. My MAB is a straight tapper to .8" at the muzzle. I would also avoid the ZKW double set trigger set up. I have seen one converted to a crisp single trigger.
I am using Redding dies. Forming brass is not hard. I suggest you check out Varmint Al's website for technique. I do anneal the brass as per Varmit Al. Note that you don't need both Redding form dies as the number 2 die has the same diemensions as the Redding seater die. The instructions that come with the number 1 die confirm this.
I used a 1964 Brno hornet (ZKW) that had been converted to a .22K hornet. The action had been bedded including steel pillars and barrel floated. I ended up mailing the barreled action to MAB who fitted one of their barrels. They mailed the rebarreled action back to me. Easy. I don't know if they trued it at all but it does group nicely. I did replace the firing pin spring as I was getting some misfires using the rem 7.5 primers.
It still amazes me how far out it reaches accurately using such a small amount of powder.
If I did the project again I would use a lighter barrel. My MAB is a straight tapper to .8" at the muzzle. I would also avoid the ZKW double set trigger set up. I have seen one converted to a crisp single trigger.
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cleetus
