Re-chamber 17 Remington ?

[Danny]

Originally Posted by Bayou City Boy

If considerble time is involved from when you bought the barrel, and if I was in your shoes, I'd start over from the git-go with a clean slate. PacNor would be my first choice far sooner that Shilen.......

JMO - BCB

Why Pac-Nor over Shilen? I have an older Shilen barreled 17 Remington Cooper Varmint Extreme that shoots fantastic, though unfortunately, Cooper did it with a 10 twist, not allowing the 25 VMax to stabilize.

[Kevin Gullette]

.....barrel I put on my Sako L461 single-shot 17-222 is a 3 groove 9.0" twist.

If I recall correctly....back-in-the-day......Shilen only offered a 6 groove 10.0" twist.

Hope this helps.

Kevin

[Danny]

Originally Posted by Kevin Gullette

.....barrel I put on my Sako L461 single-shot 17-222 is a 3 groove 9.0" twist.

If I recall correctly....back-in-the-day......Shilen only offered a 6 groove 10.0" twist.

Hope this helps.

Kevin

If Shilen only offers 10 twist in 17 caliber, I then wouldn't use one for a 17 Remington, or the largest 17s. I might use a 10 on a Fireball and smaller, but I generally feel that my Fireball is for 20s and my 17 Remington for 20 and 25.

[coyotespotter]

My Manson short freebore chamber 17 rem necks measure .1995-.2000. Make sure the crown is not boogered up, if you set it back and the crown is bad nothing will change.

[Bayou City Boy]

Why PacNor? As Kevin alluded, I'm sold on the 3 groove barrel that PacNor makes. Nothing personal......

IIRC, Shilen does make a 1-9" 17 caliber barrel. A 1-10" twist barrel is all I have ever seen from Cooper on a standard 17 Remington rifle. No idea why they went that route...?

-BCB

[TinMan]

My 17 Remington is a L461 action with a Fajen stock, and a 24" Shilen 1:10 pencil barrel.
Except for the 24" barrel, it looks just like an H&R P317. For the longest time, I think Shilen only made the 1:10 twist. It will shoot 25gr VMAX about 3/4" for 5 at 100yds, but doesn't keyhole. That barrel must be right at the ragged edge for stability. Wish it was a 1:9, until it get shot out, it will stay a 1:10.

[Kevin Gullette]

........back-in-the-day......meant the 1970's.

I've a 17Rem very much like TinMan's.....except 20' barrel. I use the old nice Berger 30gr. FB Match/Target bullet(I've squirreled away a few, over the years) in it for coyotes.......they stabilize well in the old 10.0" twist(measured) Shilen barrel.

Works great when calling yotes.

Kevin

[TinMan]

Kevin, "squirreled away" made me smile. Yes, save the good stuff for when you really need it. I have a few of those Berger bullets and even some of Clint Stark's Red Prairie bullets also for various rifles.