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Since .17 Hornady Hornet will chamber and fire fine in a .17 Ackley Hornet chamber, but .17 Ackley Hornet will NOT chamber and fire in a .17 Hornady Hornet chamber,
If you were buying new, which chambering would you buy and why?
For example, Cooper for many years, and still today, has made the .17 A.H. one of their common chamberings for their model 38 action. But just very recently they added .17 H.H. as well - why? Why would someone want the HH chamber over the AH chamber? You could just use the AH dies once factory HH ammo was fire-formed, if you shot any factory at all, that is.
Seems like the AH is the no-brainer option, but maybe not. It's not like you're going to have two types of fired brass lying around that you could confuse and would have to measure, because ANY and all fired brass would be of the AH variety, regardless of its origin, if that's the chambering you have. And any rifle chambered for the AH (such as a Cooper for example) will have a magazine well long enough for the slightly-longer AH round, so that's not a concern.
So is it just ignorance of the general public that HH can be fired safely in the AH chamber, or some additional reason?
Thanks.
If you were buying new, which chambering would you buy and why?
For example, Cooper for many years, and still today, has made the .17 A.H. one of their common chamberings for their model 38 action. But just very recently they added .17 H.H. as well - why? Why would someone want the HH chamber over the AH chamber? You could just use the AH dies once factory HH ammo was fire-formed, if you shot any factory at all, that is.
Seems like the AH is the no-brainer option, but maybe not. It's not like you're going to have two types of fired brass lying around that you could confuse and would have to measure, because ANY and all fired brass would be of the AH variety, regardless of its origin, if that's the chambering you have. And any rifle chambered for the AH (such as a Cooper for example) will have a magazine well long enough for the slightly-longer AH round, so that's not a concern.
So is it just ignorance of the general public that HH can be fired safely in the AH chamber, or some additional reason?
Thanks.