.17 Hornet
Encyclopedia
The .17 Hornet, also known as the .17 Ackley Hornet, is a .17 caliber rifle
wildcat cartridge
originally made by P.O. Ackley in the early 1950s. The cartridge was created by simply necking-down the .22 Hornet
to .17 caliber. The result was a small case with relatively little noise capable of high velocity.
Ackley mentions it as one of the most balanced of the .17 cartridges of his time.
Rifle
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...
wildcat cartridge
Wildcat cartridge
A wildcat cartridge, or wildcat, is a custom cartridge for which ammunition and firearms are not mass produced. These cartridges are often created in order to optimize a certain performance characteristic of an existing commercial cartridge.Developing and using wildcat cartridges does not...
originally made by P.O. Ackley in the early 1950s. The cartridge was created by simply necking-down the .22 Hornet
.22 Hornet
The .22 Hornet is a low-end vermin, small-game and predator centerfire rifle cartridge. It is considerably more powerful than the .22 WMR and the .17 HMR, achieving higher velocity with a bullet twice the weight. The Hornet also differs very significantly from these in that it is not a rimfire...
to .17 caliber. The result was a small case with relatively little noise capable of high velocity.
Ackley mentions it as one of the most balanced of the .17 cartridges of his time.
See also
- List of firearms
- List of handgun cartridges
- List of rifle cartridges
- List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
