.17 Remington Fireball
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.17 Remington Fireball | ||||||||||||||||
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Type | Rifle | |||||||||||||||
Place of origin | United States | |||||||||||||||
Production history | ||||||||||||||||
Designer | Remington | |||||||||||||||
Designed | 2006 | |||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | Remington | |||||||||||||||
Produced | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Variants | see .17 Mach IV | |||||||||||||||
Specifications | ||||||||||||||||
Parent case | .221 Remington Fireball | |||||||||||||||
Case type | rimless bottlenecked | |||||||||||||||
Bullet diameter | .172 in (4.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Neck diameter | .206 in (5.2 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Shoulder diameter | .3673 in (9.33 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Base diameter | .3769 in (9.57 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Case length | 1.420 in (36.1 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Primer type | Small Rifle | |||||||||||||||
Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||||||
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Source(s): Hodgdon [1] |
The .17 Remington Fireball was created in 2007 by Remington Arms Company as a response to the popular wildcat round, the .17 Mach IV. Factory loads drive a 20 grain (1.3 g) bullet around 4,000 ft/s (1,219 m/s). Velocity is close to the .17 Remington but with significantly less powder, and therefore less heat and fouling. Both are important issues to high-volume shooters such as varmint hunters.
Overview
[edit]It is based on the .221 Remington Fireball necked down to accept a .17 caliber bullet and is very similar to the .17 Mach IV. Reports on this cartridge show mild recoil, high velocity, with minimal report (noise).[2]
Dimensions
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Gallery
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.17 Remington Fireball cartridge next to a .221 Remington Fireball cartridge, its parent case
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.17 Remington Fireball cartridge next to a .17 Remington cartridge
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Left to right - .223 Rem, .17 Rem, .17 Fireball cases
See also
[edit]- 4 mm caliber
- .17 Hornet
- .17 Ackley Bee
- List of rifle cartridges
- Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
References
[edit]- ^ "Hodgdon Online Reloading Data". Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
- ^ Which .17? by Jim Saubier
External links
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