Magnum Wheel Man
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or is it already destined to go away...
Hornady is now pushing it's new 17 Hornet ( I've bought a couple boxes of that ammo to use to fire form in my 17 K Hornet Contender barrel )
... but my buddy & I are building 17 Fireball guns right now ( he's building a single shot bolt action rifle from scratch ) I have a new custom Contender barrel currently waiting for scope bases right now, & we are looking at shortening the barrel / chamber of a 17 Remington chambered Remington 700 rifle to the Fireball, to give me a repeater...
I picked up a 100 17 Fireball cases at the last local gun show, but I wanted to try to buy a box of loaded ammo for fitment into the Remington 700 rifle, during conversion... appearntly loaded rounds are virtually non existant right now... I did find a box of premium ammo ( at a VERY premium price )
why would a company like Remington go through all the work of developing & building guns, & ammo & not push the sales of such, it just about guarantees failure & a loss of all product developement funds...
I do have 4 or 5 different 17 caliber guns, & the Fireball seems to be one of the most practical... I'm sure as a handloader I'll be able to get the components I need, but seems like in 2 years, the cartridge is dead...
unless of coarse, you guys are just buying up all the ammo
Hornady is now pushing it's new 17 Hornet ( I've bought a couple boxes of that ammo to use to fire form in my 17 K Hornet Contender barrel )
... but my buddy & I are building 17 Fireball guns right now ( he's building a single shot bolt action rifle from scratch ) I have a new custom Contender barrel currently waiting for scope bases right now, & we are looking at shortening the barrel / chamber of a 17 Remington chambered Remington 700 rifle to the Fireball, to give me a repeater...
I picked up a 100 17 Fireball cases at the last local gun show, but I wanted to try to buy a box of loaded ammo for fitment into the Remington 700 rifle, during conversion... appearntly loaded rounds are virtually non existant right now... I did find a box of premium ammo ( at a VERY premium price )
why would a company like Remington go through all the work of developing & building guns, & ammo & not push the sales of such, it just about guarantees failure & a loss of all product developement funds...
I do have 4 or 5 different 17 caliber guns, & the Fireball seems to be one of the most practical... I'm sure as a handloader I'll be able to get the components I need, but seems like in 2 years, the cartridge is dead...
unless of coarse, you guys are just buying up all the ammo
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