.17 Remington or .20 Practical for next AR?

Str8Shooter

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I'm planning on purchasing an upper from Scott/ Specialized Dynamics and I'm debating whether to go with a .17 Remington or .20 Practical. I plan on using it as a calling gun and going with a 20" barrel. The cheap brass for the .20 is appealing, but I want something that will perform well on coyotes yet still be fur friendly. Looks like I've got about two days to decide. Any thoughts?
 
If you want the 20 inch barrel stay with the .20 caliber. The 17 Rem needs more barrel length to get top velocities.
 
The .20 practical would be cool but I think you have better bullet selection with the .17. I may be wrong though... Plus Scott is running a special on a .17 Remington or .223 upper for an awesome deal.
 
The 20 Practical is a .223 case simply necked down to a 20 caliber. No fire-forming the shoulder out to 30 degrees as the .20 Tac has.
 
I've always wanted a .17... what would you say optimal barrel length would be? 24" or could a guy get by with a 22"? I'd be up for shooting for the middle... I'll probably end up with both some day anyways.
 
I shoot a 20 Tactical, ballistic twin to the PRACTICAL, in a 24" Dtech upper. Fantastic down range performance. Easy to load for and there are a ton of 20 caliber bullets to chose from now far in excess compared to the 17's.

I think the extra energy and wind bucking will be a great asset to you if you go with a 20.

Greg
 
I've been toying the the 20p idea for a little bit. Finding barrels is not easy. Scott has 20T listed but not 20P. I liked the .17's but seeing the dies etc has pushed me away from it. Too much $ and too much work to get a piece of brass. Personal choice.


I was referred to black hole weaponry, traded a couple emails so far. Ignore formatting, copy/paste with my email removed. Because y'all a bunch of preverts.


We thread in 5/8 and 1/2. As far as accuracy goes the guys that are testing it are getting great results and are shooting under a half. The shape and the contour of the barrel is what you specify. Thanks.

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:28 PM, wrote:

Sorry for the double, but can the end be threaded for a suppressor, what kind of accuracy should I expect from your barrels (new to me but recommended to me on predatormasters.com) and is the barrel bull/fluted/sports/hybird etc?



On 11/15/2011 1:51 PM, Andy Baker wrote:
> 312.50 - 332.50. There is an extra 15 for satin or black plus 17 for shipping.
>
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 7:39 PM, wrote:
>
> Hello,
> what would an AR barrel in 16 and 20" length chambered for 20 practical cost?
> Thanks for the time,
 
I gotta say the 20 practical would be my choice. If only for the reason that I have about 2000 rounds of once fired .223 sitting around. But I bought a .204 ruger from Scott and I decided they are just to similar. I have been craveing larger intermediate cartridges in the AR. I've got a .264LBC and have a 6WOA on order, I'm hopeing to work my way up to the WSSM case. Before the wife notices...
 
I would agree that the 204 and 20 Practical are pretty similiar. My reasoning for doing a 20 Practical is the same as above, but i have about 12K peices of 223 brass. Its simple to reload and very very fast round.

I'll start accepting orders around the first week of December for the 20 Practical.
 


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