Magnum Wheel Man
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I've been so busy lately, haven't had much time for shooting... the rifle is a 60's Remington 700 originally chambered in 17 Remington, that was my FIL's, the throat was pretty shot out of it, & rather than just rebarrel it, I decided to rebarrel & chamber in 17 Fireball, which also required a new mag spring & floorplate as well as box insert...
my retired machinst buddy called up, & wanted to test fire his new 17 Fireball single shot, he built from scratch...
that sounded like a good excuse to sight mine in... I'd test fired it before, but not shot more than 2 rounds through it yet... the gun looks just like when my FIL had it, ( except for the stainless barrel ) still wearing the original 4-12X Redfield... 1st 4 shot group at 100 yards off the bench, gave me 3 shots touching, with one shot about 1/2" out, group was 6" high & 2" left... a couple scope adjustments later, & I have her dialed in for 100 yards... it was too windy to go to 200 yards, so I let my buddy do the balance of the shooting...
his new rifle seemed to shoot pretty nice, but had one flaw... he needs a stronger spring on the extractor, as the claw wouldn't pull out his empties... ( he had loaded 6 rounds kinda hot, as proofing loads ), with which the tough extraction could be expected, but, I was still shooting factory rounds, as brass is still tough to come by, & his gun wouldn't pull the factory round case, so he'll have to put a heavier spring under the claw...
anyway, had fun, really like this cartridge... wish more shot it, so the components wouldn't be so tough to get...
4000 fps... whats not to like about that
my retired machinst buddy called up, & wanted to test fire his new 17 Fireball single shot, he built from scratch...
that sounded like a good excuse to sight mine in... I'd test fired it before, but not shot more than 2 rounds through it yet... the gun looks just like when my FIL had it, ( except for the stainless barrel ) still wearing the original 4-12X Redfield... 1st 4 shot group at 100 yards off the bench, gave me 3 shots touching, with one shot about 1/2" out, group was 6" high & 2" left... a couple scope adjustments later, & I have her dialed in for 100 yards... it was too windy to go to 200 yards, so I let my buddy do the balance of the shooting...
his new rifle seemed to shoot pretty nice, but had one flaw... he needs a stronger spring on the extractor, as the claw wouldn't pull out his empties... ( he had loaded 6 rounds kinda hot, as proofing loads ), with which the tough extraction could be expected, but, I was still shooting factory rounds, as brass is still tough to come by, & his gun wouldn't pull the factory round case, so he'll have to put a heavier spring under the claw...
anyway, had fun, really like this cartridge... wish more shot it, so the components wouldn't be so tough to get...
4000 fps... whats not to like about that
