Alright, let me clear something up. I know the 17 remington is an old "never-got-popular" round. Its a crazy-fast centerfire that's pretty specialized for bobcat/yote/fox/rabbit size stuff. (Saw a clip online of a bobcat bang-flop. I mean bang-"FLOP". No exit and I couldn't see the entry in the picture of the hide even with them pointing to it.) Now there's another remodelled 17 centerfire called the 17 fireball which is really the ole 17machIV?
What's it got over the 17rem? This MachIV/Fireball round is shorter but with a 30' shoulder and less taper (hmmm....no wonder Ackley liked it[&:]) But just from eye-balling the dimensions on stevespages.com it doesn't have more case capacity. Sooooo, is it just more reloader friendly? I would think Remington would be better off to rename and re-push the 17Rem. I'll be sure to put that on my list of things to tell them next time they call.
