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    17 Remington and Trail Boss


    Has anyone tried Trail Boss in the 17 Remington?

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    Have not tried it.

    Quick load shows ok.
    17 rem. 25gr vmax. Trail boss. 22" barrel. Not the fireball.
    Should hold up to 8 gr.
    34000psi. 2560 fps.

    6gr. 23000psi. 2200 fps.

    I expect that lighter bullets would be lower pressure, higher velocity.

    Trail boss is fun to play with. You can do a case full on almost any load.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adammiddagh View Post
    Have not tried it.

    Quick load shows ok.
    17 rem. 25gr vmax. Trail boss. 22" barrel. Not the fireball.
    Should hold up to 8 gr.
    34000psi. 2560 fps.

    6gr. 23000psi. 2200 fps.

    I expect that lighter bullets would be lower pressure, higher velocity.

    Trail boss is fun to play with. You can do a case full on almost any load.
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    Yes this would be for the Standard 17 rem not the Fireball. Thanks for the data.

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    I bought an older rem 700 in 17 rem a few years ago.
    It had 20 boxes of factory ammo and about the same in brass plus unused dies and a few hundred 25 gr tips.
    Ive yet to shoot all the ammo at the crows that torment me across the road.
    But I have killed a couple less than intelligent turkeys that didn't see me sneak out the door while they were busy.
    But those velocity numbers don't sound right to me unless its a very light load.

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    Quote Originally Posted by yobuck View Post
    I bought an older rem 700 in 17 rem a few years ago.
    It had 20 boxes of factory ammo and about the same in brass plus unused dies and a few hundred 25 gr tips.
    Ive yet to shoot all the ammo at the crows that torment me across the road.
    But I have killed a couple less than intelligent turkeys that didn't see me sneak out the door while they were busy.
    But those velocity numbers don't sound right to me unless its a very light load.
    Trailboss is a reduced load powder. Very bulky. Donut shapped flakes. Fast burning and fluffy. Only 9 oz fit in a normal 1lb bottle.

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