Thread: 17 Hornet. Thoughts?

Cool, where can you get a neck sizer? I have looked around but have not been able to find one.


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simplex is what I use

For neck sizing, use a full length sizer without fully resizing the brass (push the case into the die enough to size part of the neck but not the body). Or get a collet die from Lee or a neck die from Wilson.

I understand that Lee has reduced their support for custom dies so the 17 Hornet collet is not a likely prospect (can only ask, however). But you could modify an extended 22 Hornet shell holder to work with the Lee 17 Remington collet die for neck sizing.

Originally Posted by Redaxler

Do the folks that reload for the 17 hornet FL resize the brass?


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I reload 17H along with many other cartridges. I have neck sized in the past, but now full length size for every case all of the time.

Neck sizing only introduces inconsistencys eventually as you will need to bump back the shoulder at some point so you will end up with some ammo thats neck sized only and some that has the shoulder bumped back or FL sized therefore changing the case capacity.

Best to FL everytime and only just bump the shoulder by the bare minimum needed.

Well a year later and I finally have a .17 Hornet.

Thanks for all your advice, really appreciate it.

I bought a second hand CZ 527 off another forum member and have had great results so far, 9mm groups at 100m and seriously impressive on little pesties!! Really quiet and feels like a rimfire to shoot

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Nice that a year later it has turned out as you had hoped
You are in the right place to get the use out of one of these

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