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
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
Hi, my name is Tony and I'm addicted to gunpowder.
AKA Geezerbiker
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.
Don't know if they will work for you, but NOE has 17 cal molds.
https://noebulletmolds.com/site/product-category/172/
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/sho...ornet-and-cast
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...V-in-17-Hornet
Welcome to the fun.
Steve,
Life Member NRA
Colorado Rifle Club member
Rocky Mtn Gun Owners member
NAGR member
Like messing with rice grains. They did not have the HP version or 24gr when I got mine.
Steve,
Life Member NRA
Colorado Rifle Club member
Rocky Mtn Gun Owners member
NAGR member
No such thing as a Dum questions.
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
Hi, my name is Tony and I'm addicted to gunpowder.
AKA Geezerbiker
It's not the casting of the .17" projectiles that would daunt me so much as trying to attach the gas-checks!
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Ecclesiastes 1:18
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool become servant to the wise of heart. Proverbs 11:29
...Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:40
Carpe SCOTCH!
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
Hi, my name is Tony and I'm addicted to gunpowder.
AKA Geezerbiker
It might be heresy here but why not just buy .17 projectiles? Those small ones are cheap.
The occasional genuine dumb question is never identified as such.
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.
Steve,
Life Member NRA
Colorado Rifle Club member
Rocky Mtn Gun Owners member
NAGR member
Ok, this might be a dumb question, what's a J word?
Tony
Hi, my name is Tony and I'm addicted to gunpowder.
AKA Geezerbiker
Jacketed bullets
There is that J word again
Short hand for me being to lazy to spell it outOk, this might be a dumb question, what's a J word?
10-4. There's a special lingo here and it's going to take me awhile to get it all down...
Tony
Hi, my name is Tony and I'm addicted to gunpowder.
AKA Geezerbiker
And people call me crazy for casting .25 acp.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |