17 Hornet - Reloading

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coyotekiller82

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Figured I'd start a new thread rather than derail the factory ammo available one!

So yesterday I was finally able to track down some components for my 17HH.

A 1lb jug of lil gun (which I got for $25 from my buddy who owns my local gun shop) and 400 20gr V-max bullets.

Dies I got a good deal on them too from the same guy! He bought the dies over a year ago and hasn't had time to make any reloads, so he sold me a set of Redding dies for $70...$20 cheaper than I was able to find them anywhere else Canada wide!!

So with my components, with a lb of lil gun, I can expect roughly 700 rounds that's $0.036
bullets were $25 for 100 so 400 for $100 plus tax ([beeep] government 13%) that's $0.283
primers came out to 53.75 for 1000 that's $0.054
brass is the only area I'm lacking in, I have x25 from factory loads that's $1.175
minus the powder, bullet and primer from the factory and the brass is roughly $0.314 (after the first firing)

So I'll be able to load a round for $0.687 per round! about $0.35 of savings over factory on the first load.

Obviously every time I reload a piece of brass the price will go down $0.53 on the second firing

etc etc

I have another buddy who has a few boxes of empty factory stuff that doesn't reload, so I may be able to get another 25 pieces of brass which would make the cost go down even more!!

I'll be loading up some rounds tomorrow night and will hopefully be able to get out and do some shooting on Friday!

I'll be sure to get some pics of groups, I'm hoping they'll be as small as they've been with the factory loads!
 
I did not have good luck at all with lilgun. 2200 is what I use now. Not saying it won't work, but it didn't in mine. Maybe I missed it, but what gun?
 
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Couldn't find 1680 either
But did find Lil Gun --- how fast did you drive it ---
Accuracy ???
Have been using H110 -- pretty average ---
Looking for more --
Thx
 
I use the 2200 to push the 25gr Berger HP Varmint at about 3200 ft/s out of CZ527 Varmint. Holds 1/2 MOA to 200 yards. Haven't really shot it past that. The issue I had with lilgun, was that I was showing signs of pressure at and below the listed minimum loads. Plus, the accuracy was not all that great. Had a hard time holding 1" at 100. The 2200 it just liked from the beginning.
 
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Originally Posted By: erikc838I did not have good luck at all with lilgun. 2200 is what I use now. Not saying it won't work, but it didn't in mine. Maybe I missed it, but what gun?

It's a CZ527 Varmint. Gonna run some loads through it this weekend to see what they shoot like.

Updates to come Tuesday on how it goes!!
 
Scored 2# of 1680 today ---
Please give me a clue where to start with it ---
Using H110 and lil gun but always looking --
Probably 20 gr vmax --
Thanks
 
Barrel: 24” ¦ Twist: 1-10” ¦ Primer: WIN WSR ¦ Bullet Diameter: 0.172”
Case: HDY ¦ Max Case Length: 1.340” ¦ Trim Length: 1.330”
ACCURATE 1680
20 HDY V-MAX 10.0 3,183 11.2 3,493 49,657 1.711
20 NOSLER VARMG 10.1 3,203 11.2 3,483 49,354 1.720
25 BRG VAR 9.0 2,862 9.8 3,041 49,156 1.720
25 HDY V-MAX 9.0 2,724 10.0 2,983 49,046 1.711
 
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