No matter. I really want it either set back and rechambered for 20 Practical .
That 17 Hornet's not for me . the first one will go to a good customer/friend . The second one goes to my gunsmith buddy . I think he just wanted it because it was new . I'll work up a load for it , thats about the extent of me in the equation !
If I ever get a CZ527 more then likely it'll be a 527FS in 222 REM or a HB in 204 like you have laid away !
I dunno how much brass I've got for the 204 !
Before I got the Ruger 1B in 204 Ruger I lucked across a fellow on castboolits.gunloads.com that had a set of RCBS FL dies , a neck die and a goodly amount of used 204 brass Hornady , Winchester and Remington !
But before that when I had the Ruger 77VT 204 I had about 500 pieces of new WIN brass with about 300 pieces unfired . When I traded off the 77VT I let it all go (even had some Berger 50 grain 20 cal bullets). So when the other stuff came up at a rather cheap price I jumped on it and later found the 1B .
We had a CZ527 204 in the shop for awhile and it was NIB so I cannot say how well it shot . But if it shot anything like the CZ527 223 HB 1-9 my gunsmith buddy took in trade it oughtta shoot .25MOA . That used 527 223 we took in , I was able to shoot a 3 shot group at 100 that measured .191" after deducting the bullet diameter . Shot that with a Nosler 60 grain BT . The fellow that traded that little rifle in had it shooting the Hornady 75 grain HP and he gave us 4 or 5 boxes of his handloads . Little rifle came with a Leupold VX2 3-9 , we took it to the range before I started working a load for it and shot 3 shot groups at 100 yards that were a hair over 3/10ths after deducting the bullet diameter . Think mine was .335" and my gunsmith buddies was .343" ! To say I was mildly surprised is an understatement .
Thanks for the encouragement on the 204. I'll shoot it for a while and then decide whether or not I'm going to rework it. I would like a 1-9 or 1-7" .223 on the same taper but I have a couple of good .223's now. The Trading Post has a set of Forster Competition .204 dies for $79 and I would get them for about cost, I'm sure. They have been there for a while. I can get brass from other sources but this way, I can hold off buying the rifle until HE provides it. I mean, rifle begets dies, begets a scope, begets components.... Tho I will have 2K 32 grain V-Max 204's and 600 Nosler 32 grain ballistic tip, and 400 V-Max 40 grain by tomorrow night. I bought them for the two guys that are coming prairiedog shooting with me on the 18th. Ten days of reloading fun. One shoots a 20 Practical, the other, a 20 Tactical. What they don't use, they will take home, I'm sure.
Let us know how the 17H loads work out. ~Muir
I will have 2K 32 grain V-Max 204's and 600 Nosler 32 grain ballistic tip, and 400 V-Max 40 grain by tomorrow night. I bought them for the two guys that are coming prairiedog shooting with me on the 18th. Ten days of reloading fun. One shoots a 20 Practical, the other, a 20 Tactical. What they don't use, they will take home, I'm sure.
Lucky you...... I've been on to the distributers here..... Edgar Bros.... the CZ 17 Hornet will not be available here until possibly October probably not until the end of the year..... If I want a 17 Hornet now it will need to be a Savage.... Don't know what to do... cannot decide..... buy now or wait..... David
Nice! CZ test fire targets aren't indicative of accuracy. My Hornet has 1" at 50m but it shoot one hole. Let us know how he gets on with it.
My Savage 17 WSRM is supposed to be waiting for me at the trading post but I'm not on a rush to get it... I'm just going to pull the barrel and make it a 5mm Remington, anyhow... and it is a fairly unexciting rifle as it sits... especially with no ammo available! ~Muir
In my always biased opinion you'd be way ahead of the game to go on and pick up the CZ527 HB in 204 Ruger you said they had for you !
I can't get overly excited about anything rimfire anymore . I want something I can load/reload for . As you are well aware with any rimfire you're stuck with what you can get factory wise and when you can't get factory as you said about the 17 WSRM you are just plain STUCK LOL's !
Muir this 5mm Craig is it about the same thing as the old 22 Cooper center fire that they claimed was a reload able 22 Mag ?