Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles Economical 17 Fireball Loads?

Have you tried the Midway Dogtown 20gr bullets yet? I have and they were pretty bad. I gave a bunch to a buddy with a .17 Hornet to try but he moved away and I never heard if they worked or not.

My rifle, Rem 700, likes the Hornady 25gr HP’s.with 18gr of 8208. Makes tiny little groups. I don’t think I chronographed this load but have other loads. Velocity registers fine. Heck I’ve chrony’d my .177 air riles lots of times and it picks up the even smaller pellets just fine.

I have two 17 Mach 2’s with a good supply of Eley ammo for them. No need or desire to load the Fireball down to 2100 fps, that would take the fun right out of it! Besides, I have more of the Mach 2 ammo than small rifle primers so it wouldn’t be economical for me.

Probably my favorite centerfire to shoot, least favorite to reload for though!