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17 Fireball 25 and 30 gr bullet load info
First post with a question...... good way to start I guess.
I am having a 17 Fireball built on a Ruger #1 action with a 1:9 twist Lilja barrel (that matches the Ruger Varmint barrel profile) and was wondering about loads for 25 and 30 gr bullets any of you might want to share. Also, does anyone have an opinion on the Berger 30 gr Varmint bullet that you might want to talk about. I realize some may not want to share your info publicly so here is my email address: Huntschool@aol.com These loads are for coyotes from 300 yards and in if that helps ya all in any way. Thanks in advance Bruce A. Hering Program Coordinator/Lead Instructor Shotgun Team Coach Southeastern Illinois College SCTP Collegiate Coaches Chairman NSCA Level III Last edited by Huntschool; 02-12-2017 at 03:52 AM. |
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I use 18.8 grains of Benchmark and Rem 7.5 primers with 25 grain bullets. No idea how fast they are, but are most accurate in my 9 twist fireball.
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Thanks Toomb. Have you taken any coyotes with this load ?????
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I'm more of the school, that the 17 FB might not have enough steam at 300yds. Others with more experience might chime in, and discount my beliefs.
I'm a big fan of Ramshot's X-terminator. As always start low, and increase in small amounts ! Jim |
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X-Terminator is a great powder, love it in my .222. But, I haven't seen any for sale for going on two years now. Benchmark is a bit slower but works wonders in my .223, so might be about right with the heavier bullets in the .17 Fireball.
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I run 18.5g of benchmark under a 25 hornardy hp or v-max, my most accurate load, 19g with a 20g v-max.
sako l46 in Mack IV. |
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Rem brass, 18.4 8208, 30 kindler gold, cci 450, 3385 fps, 22" bbl, shoots .5" all day in factory rem700
18 RL10x, 30 golds, cci450, 3590 fps, .4-.5" same rifle Currently testing 25 vmax with LT-32. Will post results once testing is complete. |
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18.6 Benchmark for the 25 Vmax and 18.6 8208 for the 30 Berger. 8208 has great accuracy in the 25 but gives up too much velocity.
The 30 grain Berger makes a fine coyote round. I would easily shoot yotes to 400 with the 30 Berger. More than that time for a heavier bullet. If you search 17FB on here you will find a ton of detailed load information Saubier.com Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 > Last » Showing results 1 to 25 of 89 Search took 0.22 seconds. Search: Keyword(s): 17FB ; Forum: Small Caliber Load Data and child forums Thread / Thread Starter Last Post Replies Views Forum You have 2 post(s) in this thread, last 05-28-2014 You are subscribed to this thread ~20 Vartarg~ (Multi-page thread 1 2 3 ... Last Page) HillbillySniper 01-31-2017 05:58 AM by HillbillySniper Go to last post 158 63,808 Small Caliber Load Data LT32 and 17FB coyotezapper 09-25-2016 09:24 PM by coyotezapper Go to last post 4 608 Small Caliber Load Data 221 Lapua Brass To 17 Fireball (Multi-page thread 1 2 3) stubblejumper 03-02-2016 03:40 AM by 458win Go to last post 20 2,874 Small Caliber Load Data You have 1 post(s) in this thread, last 12-30-2015 You are subscribed to this thread .17 hornet, or .17 fireball, sub sonic load. southernman 01-01-2016 03:55 PM by rickiesrevenge Go to last post 5 836 Small Caliber Load Data You have 1 post(s) in this thread, last 06-10-2015 You are subscribed to this thread Alliant powders for 17 Fireball durango 06-10-2015 10:08 AM by southernman Go to last post 4 917 Small Caliber Load Data 17 Fireball from Lapua 221 Fireball Brass (Multi-page thread 1 2) gopher_getter 04-09-2015 12:35 PM by ramos Go to last post 11 2,690 Small Caliber Load Data You have 1 post(s) in this thread, last 02-13-2015 You are subscribed to this thread Best way to for 17fb from 221? (Multi-page thread 1 2) sako 17 02-16-2015 07:56 PM by sako 17 Go to last post 13 2,095 Small Caliber Load Data You have 1 post(s) in this thread, last 07-28-2014 You are subscribed to this thread .17 fireball from .221 brass. 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Varmint Match and the 17 FB Jim D 12-03-2012 03:20 PM by Chuck Miller Go to last post 8 1,761 Small Caliber Load Data How deep do you seat your bullets-long throat guns hemiallen 10-22-2012 01:31 PM by hemiallen Go to last post 9 1,509 Small Caliber Load Data X-Term and 17FB/MkIV AzSam 10-07-2012 10:47 PM by oneshotkyle Go to last post 6 1,253 Small Caliber Load Data Showing results 1 to 25 of 89 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 > Last » Forum Jump Go All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:27 PM. Contact Us - Saubier.com - Archive - Top Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1 Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Last edited by Dean2; 02-13-2017 at 06:29 PM. |
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I run 19.0 gr. of H335 with the 25 gr. Horn. HP with average velocity of 3613 fps. in my Fireball
I'd be a bit nervous using the 30 gr. Berger varmint hp's on a coyote. The match tip bullets would be better suited, IMO. Haven't shot a coyote with my fireball, but I use the same 25 gr. hornady out of my .17 Rem. and it works quite well. |
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17 Fireball
I have 3 of them, 2 700's (sporter and HB) and a Model 7 Predator. They all shoot very well with 14.5 grns IMR 4227, which is a load in older manuals for the Mach IV, with 25 grain Rem PLHP's. I have shot 4 coyotes with the Model 7 and that load, with mixed results. All were inside 125 yards, 2 were spinners and ran off, shot placement was suspect tho. Tracked em down and shotgunned them. One was middle of chest shot and made it about 25 yds before expiring, last 1 was trotting straight away and was a back of the head shot, she didnt take another step. I gonna stick with this gun for a bit longer because it is so nice to carry and get a bigger sample. 300 would be stretching it, but good shot placement and I have not doubt it would work.
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