Dumb questions

[technojock]

Does anyone make a bullet mold for a .17 caliber rifle and if I could get one is it worth trying to cast for my .17 Hornet?

Tony

[405grain]

There are no dumb questions: just dumb answers. The smaller a bullet mold is the harder it is to cast with. I'm sure that there are 17 caliber molds, but at that small size it might be better to look at swaging instead of casting.

[The Dar]

Does anyone make a bullet mold for a .17 caliber rifle and if I could get one is it worth trying to cast for my .17 Hornet?

Tony

Don't know if they will work for you, but NOE has 17 cal molds.

https://noebulletmolds.com/site/product-category/172/

[Minerat]

Noe makes 2. The 172-26 a RN gc & 172-32 FN. Heres a couple of links where they are discussed.

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?300136-Cz-527-17-hornet-and-cast

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?347583-Cast-Boolits-and-my-CZ-527-V-in-17-Hornet

Welcome to the fun.

[gwpercle]

Don't know if they will work for you, but NOE has 17 cal molds.

https://noebulletmolds.com/site/product-category/172/

I had no idea anyone made 17 cal. moulds ... Three nice ones , a 24 gr, a 26 gr. and a 32 gr.
Talk about casting small ... those are tiny !
Gary

[Minerat]

Like messing with rice grains. They did not have the HP version or 24gr when I got mine.

[BLAHUT]

No such thing as a Dum questions.

[technojock]

Thanx guys you've given me a lot to think about. Right now all the .17 molds and sizing dies are out of stock. Since I still have 5 boxes of factory ammo, I've got time to think about it all. I would have ordered some of the lead boolets but those are out of stock too...

Tony

[Kosh75287]

It's not the casting of the .17" projectiles that would daunt me so much as trying to attach the gas-checks!

[technojock]

If I do end up casing for the .17 Hornet, you can bet I'll be powder coating them and not even thinking about gas checks. I was a bike mechanic in my wayward youth and tinkering with tiny and fiddly parts is something I'm used to so loading for the .17 Hornet is not something I was ever worried about...

Tony

[Plate plinker]

It might be heresy here but why not just buy .17 projectiles? Those small ones are cheap.

[hoodat]

No such thing as a Dum questions.

Does a pound of lead weigh more than a pound of feathers?? That's a pretty dumb question. ;-) jd

[44Blam]

Does a pound of lead weigh more than a pound of feathers?? That's a pretty dumb question. ;-) jd

Which falls faster - a pound of lead or a pound of feathers?

[El Bibliotecario]

The occasional genuine dumb question is never identified as such.

[Minerat]

I do powder coat but like a GC since I like to push them a little. I have found that running the CB's at around 22lr velocities your accuracy is best. Once you get over 2200 fps the accuracy goes down hill fast. My rifle is capable of sub MOA with j words, but with the cast 172-26 gr @ 1800 I am getting 1.25" at 100 yds it do whack tree rats though.

[technojock]

Ok, this might be a dumb question, what's a J word?

Tony

[00buck]

Jacketed bullets
There is that J word again

[Minerat]

Ok, this might be a dumb question, what's a J word?

Short hand for me being to lazy to spell it out:mrgreen:

[technojock]

10-4. There's a special lingo here and it's going to take me awhile to get it all down... :)

Tony

[Hanzy4200]

And people call me crazy for casting .25 acp.

[Minerat]

10-4. There's a special lingo here and it's going to take me awhile to get it all down... :)

Tony

Take a look here it might help. If you get them all down you beat me. Lol

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?107406-Abbreviations-Acronyms-As-Used-on-This-Forum

[technojock]

Off all the calibers I shoot, right now the only 2 I can't cast for are .17 and .25. I have an old .244 Lyman mold I picked up second hand but I've never loaded and cast rounds for my .243Win. It would be nice to be able to cast for the .17 Hornet and .25-06 but I don't know if I will...

Tony