Wolfdog91 6,268 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 The .17-5.56 is up and running boys Just working on a load and some gassing but so far it's working good 3 Quote Link to post
hambone 948 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Am I missing something here or do you just need a load for a .17 Remington cos that's what you have? Quote Link to post
Wolfdog91 6,268 Posted January 16 Author Report Share Posted January 16 10 hours ago, hambone said: Am I missing something here or do you just need a load for a .17 Remington cos that's what you have? It's a .17- 5.56 . 5.56 nato case necked down to .17 Basically this is a tweaked and budget friendly.17 cal centerfire for someone wanting to get into .17 centerfire now days. I'm Getting similar performance to a .17 rem but I can form my own brass from cheap and easy to find 5.56 brass ( free actually if you count all the buckets of range pick up brass I have and the fact you can pick up as much as you need at most ranges for free). .17 rem and fire ball brass is....a pain to find the last few years and when you do it's an arm and a leg The legacy .17's are great if you have a lot of extra cash , have a stock pile of brass ,or the honestly equally hard to find parent cases , have a rifle or have the money for a rifle ( looking at $800-$1200 for most and that's before you start looking into customs. How ever if your like me and just want to play around ....well this is a nice option because I might have $500 I to the whole upper and just slapped it in an existing lower Quote Link to post
Wolfdog91 6,268 Posted January 16 Author Report Share Posted January 16 Been shooting pretty decent as well still playing with loads though Quote Link to post
hambone 948 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 7 hours ago, Wolfdog91 said: It's a .17- 5.56 . 5.56 nato case necked down to .17 Basically this is a tweaked and budget friendly.17 cal centerfire for someone wanting to get into .17 centerfire now days. I'm Getting similar performance to a .17 rem but I can form my own brass from cheap and easy to find 5.56 brass ( free actually if you count all the buckets of range pick up brass I have and the fact you can pick up as much as you need at most ranges for free). .17 rem and fire ball brass is....a pain to find the last few years and when you do it's an arm and a leg The legacy .17's are great if you have a lot of extra cash , have a stock pile of brass ,or the honestly equally hard to find parent cases , have a rifle or have the money for a rifle ( looking at $800-$1200 for most and that's before you start looking into customs. How ever if your like me and just want to play around ....well this is a nice option because I might have $500 I to the whole upper and just slapped it in an existing lower I thought that a .17 Remington was a necked down .223 (which has the same dimensions as a 5.56). Quote Link to post
Wolfdog91 6,268 Posted January 16 Author Report Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, hambone said: I thought that a .17 Remington was a necked down .223 (which has the same dimensions as a 5.56). Yeah that's what I though but apparently it's necked down .222 I think , you can make .16 rem brass from .223 problem it's it will be a bit short and people kept saying I'd have this problem or that . Apparently there are some custom dies out there you can get that will let you but tryin to contact the company has been a pain . With all that being said I just saw that starline now has .222 brass in stock 108 for 250 PCs, which isn't bad but still I have so much 1x fired 5.56 already Quote Link to post
hambone 948 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 7 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said: Yeah that's what I though but apparently it's necked down .222 I think , you can make .16 rem brass from .223 problem it's it will be a bit short and people kept saying I'd have this problem or that . Apparently there are some custom dies out there you can get that will let you but tryin to contact the company has been a pain . With all that being said I just saw that starline now has .222 brass in stock 108 for 250 PCs, which isn't bad but still I have so much 1x fired 5.56 already Never heard the .222 connection before so I done a quick Wiki The.17 Remington is based on the.223 Remington case necked down to.172 in (4.37 mm), with the shoulder moved back. Designed: 1971 Designer: Remington Place of origin: USA Type: Hunting (varmint) .17 Remington - Wikipedia Quote Link to post
hambone 948 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 If you can neck down free brass though. Happy days Quote Link to post
Wolfdog91 6,268 Posted January 16 Author Report Share Posted January 16 25 minutes ago, hambone said: Never heard the .222 connection before so I done a quick Wiki The.17 Remington is based on the.223 Remington case necked down to.172 in (4.37 mm), with the shoulder moved back. Designed: 1971 Designer: Remington Place of origin: USA Type: Hunting (varmint) .17 Remington - Wikipedia And every thing I read from people who do it is it come up short. Some say it won't mess with anything others who have tried it more said yol end up with carbon donuts... egh sound like something that could lead to compounding problems down the road... That and KAK apparently has don't some stuff to alleviate to problems the .17 rem had 1 Quote Link to post
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