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The .17 Remington Fireball was created in 2007 by
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as a response to the popular
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round, the
.17 Mach IV The .17 Mach IV is a wildcat centerfire rifle cartridge, based on the .221 Remington Fireball case, necked down to fire a bullet. The cartridge was introduced in 1962 by Vern O’Brien. The cartridge offered an easy case conversion and good bal ...
. 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 The .17 Remington was introduced in 1971 by Remington Arms Company for their model 700 rifles. Overview It is based on the .223 Remington case necked down to .172 in (4.37 mm), with the shoulder moved back. It was designed exclusively as a ...
but with significantly less powder, and therefore less heat and fouling. Both are important issues to high-volume shooters such as varmint hunters.


Overview

It is based on the
.221 Remington Fireball The .221 Remington Fireball, often simply referred to as .221 Fireball, is a centerfire cartridge created by Remington Arms Company in 1963 as a special round for use in their experimental single-shot bolt-action pistol, the XP-100. A shortened v ...
necked down to accept a .17 caliber bullet and is very similar to the .17 Mach IV. Reports on this cartridge show mild
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, high velocity, with minimal report (noise).Which .17? by Jim Saubier
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Dimensions


Gallery

File:17fireballand221fireball.png, .17 Remington Fireball cartridge next to a
.221 Remington Fireball The .221 Remington Fireball, often simply referred to as .221 Fireball, is a centerfire cartridge created by Remington Arms Company in 1963 as a special round for use in their experimental single-shot bolt-action pistol, the XP-100. A shortened v ...
cartridge, its parent case File:17fireballand17rem.png, .17 Remington Fireball cartridge next to a
.17 Remington The .17 Remington was introduced in 1971 by Remington Arms Company for their model 700 rifles. Overview It is based on the .223 Remington case necked down to .172 in (4.37 mm), with the shoulder moved back. It was designed exclusively as a ...
cartridge File:17_Remington_Fireball_Case.JPG, Left to right - .223 Rem, .17 Rem, .17 Fireball cases


See also

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4 mm caliber This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the to caliber range. All measurements are in mm (in). Rimfire cartridges Centerfire cartridges Pistol and PDW cartridges Revolver cartridges Rifle cartridges See also *.17 ...
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.17 Hornet The .17 Hornet is a .17 caliber centerfire rifle cartridge originally offered as a "wildcat cartridge" developed by P.O. Ackley in the early 1950s. He created this non-factory (wildcat) offering by simply necking-down the .22 Hornet to .17 cal ...
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.17 Ackley Bee The .17 Ackley Bee is a wildcat centerfire rifle cartridge named after its designer, P.O. Ackley, and is a .218 Bee case necked down to .17 caliber with a squarer shoulder and less body taper. Being a rimmed case it was popular with single sh ...
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List of rifle cartridges List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name. File:Cartridge Sample 2.jpg, 350px, From left to right: 1 .17 HM2,2 .17 HMR, 2.5 .17 wsm, 3 .22LR, 4 .22 WMR, 5 .17/23 SMc, 6 5mm/35 SMc, 7 .22 Hornet, 8 .223 Remington, 9 .223 WSSM, ...
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Table of handgun and rifle cartridges This is a table of selected pistol/ submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load (e.g. the highest muzzle energy might not be in the sa ...


References


Remington .17 Remington Fireball page


External links


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