I use a 17 Hornet and with a 20gr. bullet I get 3,667fps. I think the WSM gets 3,000fps with a 20gr bullet. I bought the Savage 17 Hornet when it first came out. Prior to that I had built a 17 Fireball. I may have lost a bit of velocity going from the FB to the Hornet, but the Hornet has a reliable feed magazine which my FB did not.
I use it for groundhogs and it's a great 300 yard cartridge.
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