FieldGrade,
The .17 Fireball is a GREAT PD round. I'd probably still have my 700 (which shot very accurately right out of the box) if brass had been cheaper and more easily available. It wasn't any big deal to neck down .221's, but even those were scarce for quite a while.
But Hornady .17 Hornet brass was abundant and much cheaper--and Hornady factory ammo so accurate and cheap that it often didn't make any sense to handload.
