17 Tacktical

[Greg Duerr]

I've had it in the back of my mind of having a custom 17 Tacktical made up on a Remington 700 action.

Im assuming that the advantage of the 17 Tack over the 17 Remington would be that added velocity and would also guess that you could push a 32gr bullet over 4000 fps.

The only thing I dont know is the process that you need to go through to form the brass.

Could someone give me an Idea of the way to form, I would guess, a .223 to the 17 Tacktical.

would appreciate it.

 

[Greg Duerr]

Can you fire form from 17/223 cases? Saw that Reeds Ammunition has 17/223 brass

 

[Wanfalt1]

Can you fire form from 17/223 cases? Saw that Reeds Ammunition has 17/223 brass

You can use .223 brass. I crinkle them pretty bad when sizing them down but 1 fireform shot and they are good. I don't think you will acheive 4000fps with a 32 gr. bullet. But you won't regret it. It really isn't much better than the Remington other than it can be formed from some really good brass!

 

[Greg Duerr]

Right now Im using H4895 with the Reed's 32gr @ 3640 Ive was checking Todd's 17 Manual and using AA2700 or Win 760 I could push it to 3800 but im getting super accuracy with the load im using ..................maybe this spring I will try these powders.... 3800 with the 32gr im sure would be more than what I would need.

 

[yote doctor]

I was a little disappointed with speed as well. With the 32gr Reeds, 24g of R-15 I was getting 3710-3750. I'm going to try 24.5 and see where that puts me.

 

[PhilSchmidt]

4000 fps should be a piece of cake. My 20 Practical throws 40 gr pills at 3850 without a problem. It will comfortably launch 32 gr bullets at 4150+ south good brass life

 

[Wanfalt1]

4000 fps should be a piece of cake. My 20 Practical throws 40 gr pills at 3850 without a problem. It will comfortably launch 32 gr bullets at 4150+ south good brass life

Don't get caught up in velocity. BC and accuracy are the most important part of the equation. You can't use a 20 caliber velocity to match up. Less bore diameter less velocity.