I've heard rumors for years that Hornady made a lot of Remington's bullets. The only bullet I've ever used in the .17Rem is the original 25 PLHP factory load from remington.
My question is whether the 25 hornady HP is the same bullet as the PLHP?
I likely have enough of the original factory load to last me til I die. Only carry the rifle occasionally anymore.
I do have a .222 L461 that I've considered rebarreling to the .17. It'd get carried a bunch, and I'd need to start loading for it.
FWIW I shot a lot of red fox with the 25 gr PLHP factory load and seldom saw an exit at normal yardage The most exits I saw were at really long range, or notably when heavy bone was hit. I had more exits on coyotes than on fox. Shots on coyotes were generally longer than on fox. We didn't use a call in those days. Spot and stalk or tracking was our way, and a careful guy could usually walk up on a fox.
