172-32-RF (17Hornet) Just because we could!

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2015-11-20 at 00:12 #488443
SwedeNelson
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Wanted to see if we could do it more than anything.

Have a Contender in 17 Ack. Hornet to try it in.
Not expecting a lot but should be fun to see what it will do.

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2015-11-20 at 01:38 #501531
patrickharrington
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I have a 17 Fireball, I’ll try it.
2015-11-22 at 20:08 #501532
Greg Parsons
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I have a 17 Hornady Hornet, what would you be asking for one of these molds?

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2015-11-23 at 00:16 #501533
SwedeNelson
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Have them listed here:
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php?cPath=102&osCsid=aurgnhu2aea9p34872lo8futp4

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2015-11-23 at 00:22 #501534
patrickharrington
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How are you lubing and sizing these?
2015-11-23 at 00:48 #501535
SwedeNelson
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As cast and hand lube for now.
Hope to be able to make a bushing for our push through size die we are working on.

Talking to Larry (Gator Checks) about gas checks too.
Not sure if there will be enough demand to cover tooling costs.

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2015-11-23 at 03:00 #501536
Greg Parsons
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So what are you doing for load data? I have data for up to 25gr but not past that.
2015-11-23 at 22:34 #501537
SwedeNelson
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Use QuickLoad

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2015-11-24 at 00:18 #501538
Greg Parsons
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I have yet to update it, it quit working when I went to Win10 and they want an upgrade fee that I don’t have at the moment. I still use Loads from a Disk, it still works under Win10, but since the author of it passed away there are no more updates.

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2015-11-24 at 03:37 #501539
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Peaked interest .
2015-11-24 at 17:29 #501540
SwedeNelson
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Just got my barrel re-chambered – was a 17HMR 10″ twist.
May have to push it a little more than I wanted to, to get it to stabilize.
Start at 1800FPS and work up from there.
It calculates out at about 2300FPS – will see.

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2015-12-01 at 17:47 #501541
ronreed
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I’d sure be interested in a lighter (shorter) version of it. I swage mine now and for the higher velocities jacketed is about it, but for the smaller variants a cast would work wonderful. I have .17’s based on 14 different parent cases (.14’s, .12’s and .10’s too). Problem is I don’t have any with a 1:8 twist which is what I think the 32g will really take to shoot well.
2016-02-15 at 20:20 #501542
craigtomayer
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Has anyone shot any of these yet? Any results to share? Wondering what velocity was tried and how accurate they were. Very interested in getting one of these molds. Thanks.
2016-02-21 at 23:14 #501543
darrellsteenwyk
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and I thought a 22 cal was tough to handle and put a GC on…. sheesh, you guys use tweezers to pick these up with?

could you put something in the picture to give us some perspective on the size of it?

say a flea or perhaps a dime?
2016-02-22 at 04:08 #501544
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and I thought a 22 cal was tough to handle and put a GC on…. sheesh, you guys use tweezers to pick these up with?

could you put something in the picture to give us some perspective on the size of it?

say a flea or perhaps a dime?

I understand that you’re being somewhat facetious, but…

I was thinking about something more along the lines of the 360-310 FN or the 360-009. They’re bullets that should have roughly the same proportions, but in a diameter that nearly everyone knows quite well.
2016-04-30 at 00:39 #501545
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Anyone want to venture a guess about top speed?

I usually add a check after 1800+ fts but this being so small i would suspect that the inertia at start that tend to tear a bullet is not present. So is the sky the limit?
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