17 hornet with 25 gr berger

[visiter1]

hi was using berger 25 grains bullets and i couldnt get them too group , so set them back to 1.675 and there now shooting bug hole groups for ,me . thanks too who ever has this legnth up on the form I had just about given up on using these bullets..

[sgtg]

I have a 204R AR15 the ammo for it is short (2.25 OAL) because of the magazine length. I was out with my AR15 and my savage bolt 204R, tried some of my short AR ammo in the bolt gun and it shot better than the regular, up to the lands stuff, I was surprised and after, not so uptight about jumping bullets. I have always felt if you could load up to or in to the lands it was alwayse better, ya well; almost alwayse better. sgtg out

[Daryl]

Glad you go them to work for you - factory rifles sometimes do better with a bit of jump to the lands.

[Jeremy(WI)]

Originally Posted by visiter1

hi was using berger 25 grains bullets and i couldnt get them too group , so set them back to 1.675 and there now shooting bug hole groups for ,me . thanks too who ever has this legnth up on the form I had just about given up on using these bullets..

1.675" is the length for the 17HH that is listed in the Hornady manual for 25gr

[visiter1]

unfortunayly i haven had my hands on the new hornandy reloading book, someone posted this lenght on here , also its a custom rifle and it does perfer them set well back.. thaks lads