Thread: 17 Hornet. Thoughts?

Originally Posted by southernman

I've had a couple CZ .17 hornets, for quite a few years, GWH's .17 Hornet American, once was mine. I kept the Varmint, great we Cal, very effective on small game out to 200m, perhaps 250m on a calm day. CFE blackout will get you to factory speeds, of 3650fps, much more performance than the .17 HRM for the same cost, if you reload.
I've not found it any more fiddly, to load for than any other, But depending on finger size/ dexterity, may be hard for sum people, to load.

My .17 hornet is in New Zealand, and I Miss having one around, the 20 Vartarg, is bigger in performance, but more expensive to reload, and totally overkill for ground squirrels, here is Canada, Currently looking at a Anschutz, 1771,in .17 hornet, they are $2300 cad, the CZ is $1500.

Yep the reloading is absolutely no drama, I use a seater die with a sliding sleeve (Hornady) and I think that makes the job of seating the tiny bullets so much easier, I think it would be much harder without a sliding sleeve seater.
@Noswal has a Annie 1771 in 17H, it sure is a thing of beauty.