Has anyone used the 17-5.56 from Kak Industries?

champ198

champ198

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I have a 223, 6Arc and also 243 now all in different rifles.
I have been doing a little looking around hoping to find a caliber that would be good for Coyotes, Bobcat and Fox. I have quite a few farms to hunt that I have had pictures of all on and would hate for a Cat to come in and shoot it and destroy the hide, Or a fox for that matter.

In my searching I came across the 17-5.56 from Kak.
Did a little reading and You Tube watching and seems like a really neat nice little round and smoking fast.
A lot say it is similar to a 17rem but faster. But shares some of the same bullets.
I would think that a 25gr Vmax would work well

Have any of you all messed around with this round by chance?
 
There were some posts about the KAK 17-5.56 either on here or Accurate Shooter forums. I don't remember which site now. I actually had a set of dies for the 17-223, basically the same thing, and had thoughts about building one. That idea passed and I sold the dies. I bought a 204 and its much simpler to load for and plenty fast with a 32 grain bullet.
 
Running a 17-223 AI. 21gr bullet at full velocity 4555 is pretty bad if hit bone on either side. I’ve tuned it down to 4000 fps and still pretty bad if hit bone on entry side. Best shot placement is face toward shot. Center punch chest drops them and cartilage chest absorbs tiny 17cal bullet even the lighter 18gr bullet at 4910 fps with no exit.
 
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