Seems we're falling into the realm of false economics with trying to cut costs in the 17 fireball. I've one and for easy math, let's just say 15 grains per round of powder for some of the starting loads as a baseline. So that's about $0.09 for powder per round. Primers are $0.10 or so, and bullets are $.21 for Vmax bullets. So we're talking $0.40 per round here. You can get down to about 8 gr in a 17 hornet, so you save a whole four cents per round but at least you have a more efficient case volume to start with. With a 50% case fill using blue dot, you're going to get schitty ignition to save a few pennies a round, some 5% to 10% of the cost per round in the FB. I'm interested to see where this actually lands. I spend several hundreds of dollars by the time gas, vehicle wear & tear, meals, drinks, etc. is figured into a colony varmint hunting trip. If it's something like Rock Chucks, it's far less! Pretty sure $4-$8 bucks in the course of a trip will get lost in the rounding.
Last edited by Ben_Lurkin; 12/05/22.
