I'm considering buying a 17 Hornet rifle and asking you guys to provide useful insight as you always do. I ran into a guy at my rifle range last week and he had some impressive rifles in 17 Hornet caliber that ignited my rifle buying fever. I had a 22 Hornet, a very good rifle, but sold it when a too good to pass up offer came along. One YouTube video I watched showed the 17 Hornet to be significantly better than the 22 Hornet. I tried to replace the 22 Hornet in the prairie dog field with 17 HMR and for the most part that worked out well...no reloading needed, etc. I stiil have 3 great 17HMRs. BUT, the 17HMR cannot compete with the 17 Hornet for accuracy at longer range or killing power. I have really great .204 and .223 rifles. It seems to me that the 17 Hornet will fill the niche between the 17 HMR and the .204.
I'm interested in the Savage Model .25 Walking Varminter 17 Hornet with laminate stock, which is the one I had in 22 Hornet and it was excellent.
One concern is the availability of 17 Hornet brass and bullets and it looks like I'll have to buy factory ammo to accumulate reloadable brass. Bullets? Looks like all that are available are Hornady. So, I also have questions about your reloading experience vs factory ammo. As always I will appreciate your help.
I'm interested in the Savage Model .25 Walking Varminter 17 Hornet with laminate stock, which is the one I had in 22 Hornet and it was excellent.
One concern is the availability of 17 Hornet brass and bullets and it looks like I'll have to buy factory ammo to accumulate reloadable brass. Bullets? Looks like all that are available are Hornady. So, I also have questions about your reloading experience vs factory ammo. As always I will appreciate your help.