JGray,

I have gotten a number of reports about Li'l Gun in the .17 Hornet. Some are enthusiastic, but some aren't--and one very experienced handloader (prairie_goat) couldn't come close to the 10-grain max listed by Hodgdon.

This isn't totally surprising, as it wouldn't take much variation in the tiny chamber and bore to cause big variations in results.

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