Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles Finally - I Found A Ruger 77/17 Hornet!

I use a lot of Hornady dies and like them very much.

OSU Sig: This will be my first "venture" with Hornady loading dies so wish me luck.
They just came into my local pawn/gun shop and I haven't even taken the Saran Wrap off of them yet.
$34.00 (no sales tax). I may have to give you a P/M if I get in a bind with setting them up.
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VarmintGuy

I bought the day before thanksgiving last year. I waylayed one coyote last winter and I’ve killed a couple hand fulls of ground squirrels so far. It may be the best squirrel round of all time

I'll be happy to help if I can. I doubt you'll have issues.

Jdb: From my observations of my friends Rifles and what little Ground Squirelling I have done this spring with my 17 Hornet you may be right?
Low recoil, no barrel heat, relatively quiet and I have seen my friends clipping off the diminutive Gophers easily out at 250 yards with their 17 Hornets (CZ's and Ruger 77's).
Which bullet are you using on the Coyotes?
Come on good weather!
TIA
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VarmintGuy

VG: I’ve only shot the Hornady factory 20gr vmax

Jdb: Received thanks for the comeback.
Day before yesterday had a chance to harvest a "field Lion" with the 17 Hornet - that went pretty well.
Some people call them "ditch Tigers" I guess.
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VarmintGuy

VG: do you have a factory trigger in your rifle. I’m looking at after market triggers, wondering your opinion?

Jdb: I posted here recently about installing a "JARD" trigger in a friends Ruger 77/17 HMR.
It cost $95.00 and because I did not have a particular special articulating (?) hex-head allen wrench I had to call on my local gunsmith to install it ($40.00).
The trigger turned the normal crisp but heavy (86 ounce!) Ruger 77/17 HMR trigger into a wonderful 36 ounce thing of beauty.
If I change the trigger on my Ruger 77/17 Hornet and if (I think they do?) JARD makes a trigger for the 77/17 Hornet I will do that next winter.
I have installed 12 or 14 "Volquartsen" trigger sear and trigger spring kits in various Ruger 77/17 HMR's and Ruger 77/22 LR's over the last decade - but sadly Volquartsen quit making this wonderful and affordable kit for the Ruger 77/17 HMR's and Ruger 77/22 LR's!
I don't know why.
When I started buying these Volquartsen kits they were like $22.00! They went up over the years to about $32.00 (IIRC).
I highly recommend the JARD trigger/trigger sear/trigger spring kits - the results in my "one of" experience was/is wonderful.
If you could find a Volquartsen "kit" around somewhere I also highly recommend those.
No other experiences from me with other brands of triggers.
Best of luck to you with whichever you choose.
Let me know - please.
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VarmintGuy