I have a Savage single shot action, and put a 17 Fireball barrel on it from E.A. Arthur out of Minnesota.. I think I paid $250 for the barrel. Its a stationary rifle vs a walking varminter. The barrel is 26 inches and heavy varmint straight contour.
Wasn't what I was looking for, but it certainly cheap enough to have something to play with the cartridge and see its potential. I had a hundred pieces of aftemarket 223 Brass made on Lake City brass, I bought years ago out of some company in Illinois. Reloading it I got 15 reloads out of the brass before it split at the web.
Just passing this on Snow-wolfe.,if the experience was any help. I've considered the 17 Rem, but it had a lot of negativity to it compared to the Fireball version.... like the bore needs cleaned every 15 shots or it fouls quite a bit... hence why I went with the Fireball.
When I originally bought the brass, I did a 100 rounds of Fireball and 100 rounds of 17 Rem. I still have that around here somewhere... also made from reformed Lake City Brass.
