Found a 17 fireball? What for ammo?

[uncle buck]

The H335 powder also shot outstanding for both the 20 grain V-Max and the 25 grain HP...  Now this was for the Fireball not the 17 Rem.. 

Buckwheat now you said the 25 grain V-Max...Hornady does have the 25 HP.. Actually the factory Rem ammo is 25 GR HP ammo. That's all I use in the 17 REM..  Like i said in the post above..Midway sales a 20 grain 17 Cal HP..Non-Vmax... It's a special 17 Fireball bullet..  However Fireball or 17 Rem they both might shoot well?  I did see you could buy the 25 grain Hornady in V-Max..Always felt that was to explosive...V-Max designated bullets....

[uncle buck]

UB - I experienced unacceptable fur damage with the 25 grain Hornady JHP.  I abandoned this bullet for this reason.  I even tore fox up using my 17 pistol shooting same at even slower velocities.  Sorry I forgot to mention that with my last post.

Thanks for the info I appreciate it...

[TFC2223]

Ernie I am shooting mine fast at about 4,000 fps over the chrony.  I have anchored coyote from PA to Texas with the 20 Grain Vmax but, I don't shoot as far to avoid losing them.  It is alittle light for our eastern yotes.  Still works but, I do this because its what i carry when fox is in season. Once fox goes out I bump up to a Tactical 20 which has done very well on coyotes for me. 

[Buckwheat]

TFC2223
Thanks for the information on the speed on the 20 gr. bullet. I will start messing around some.

[TFC2223]

no problem...  If you need anything else concerning the 17 just ley me know. Good luck.

[Dale]

this conversation has been very interesting... I'm still thinking about a 17 FB for the Contender action I have sitting in the safe, but it'll not be used for nite hunting... I shoot everything in the head with my 22K-Hornet, and have no problems tearing them up if I do it right... so long as they're hit from the eyeball in and not right on the top knot, there's very little external damage... this is with a 40gr V-Max and 11½gr of lil-gun... not sure what the velocity is on them but they're a bit slower then factory Hornets... even with Winchester 45gr sp's or 46gr HP's there's not a lot of damage...

I'll be using the Contender as a lite stalker down here for daylight hunting so shooting to the body won't be a problem shooting full power stuff...

[scott]

Dale,

Good to see your still alive.  How are things going in NC?    Good to see you on the board again. 

[Dale]

Dale,

Good to see your still alive.  How are things going in NC?    Good to see you on the board again. 

lost a hard drive to a virus a while back and just getting around to finding all the sites I was on... doing well, sitting in this cold spell right now, to cold for the MC's but still getting along...