17 Remington or 17 Fireball?

[sw282]

l want a prairie dog gun l can point, shoot, and SEE the prairie dog BLOW UP. l have 221FB, 222REM, 223REM, and TAC20 varmint guns. None qualify for me. l think a 17REM or 17FB will.

 

[Critter Picker]

17 Fireball should get you close to 17 rem velocity, less powder,longer barrel life. If that's a factor for you. Just my $.02

 

[nubraskan]

I haven't used either 17 round, but I built a sub moa .223 AR15 around a Larue barrel and it hammers prairie dogs. I built it heavy, with the old style heavier Magpul PRS stock and a stainless full length surefire suppressor. Not fun to lug around but it makes it very accurate because of the consistent light recoil and quality barrel. I can easily spot shots at 15+ power, as long as I have a halfway stable position. The 55 grain vmax rounds make pink mist out of the hits, and I've even gotten a double kill with the shrapnel off of a hit.

 

[Rodbolt]

l want a prairie dog gun l can point, shoot, and SEE the prairie dog BLOW UP. l have 221FB, 222REM, 223REM, and TAC20 varmint guns. None qualify for me. l think a 17REM or 17FB will.

Turn your scope power down and you will see your hits with all of those cartridges. My favorite "red mist" cartridges are 204 Ruger and 20 BR with 39 gr BlitzKings. 6mm and up are a problem seeing hits, I won't use them.

 

[comfisherman]

I've donor and a blank and some other bits and bots. Recently did a search and 17 rem components are expensive but more common. Kinda want to do a 17-223 like the 17 kak for ease of components, but may hit easy button and do 17 rem as two of the smith's I've used in the past have a reamer on hand and it makes dies easier.

Wold think it won't take a lot of rifle weight to make spotting shots easy.

 

[sw282]

l'm actually leaning to the 17REM. l fell into a hundred NEW 17Rem R-P cases and dies a couple years back. Might even be able to come up with a donor action and stock