17 fireball problems

[tompc1]

i have a remington 700 in 17 fireball. i have never reloaded for the fireball before,i cannot seat a 20gr. v-max out to the lands because the throat is way to long. can someone recommend a length for bullet jump?

thanks
tompc1

 

[John Kielly]

A lot of factory guns have long throats. If you're going to magazine load, you should pick on a seating depth that grabs the V-max enough so it doesn't get roughed up or pused around when your feeding from the magazine, then fiddle your load (& maybe seating depth) for the best accuracy the rig will manage.

 

[rhaney2]

i have a remington 700 in 17 fireball. i have never reloaded for the fireball before,i cannot seat a 20gr. v-max out to the lands because the throat is way to long. can someone recommend a length for bullet jump?

thanks
tompc1

You might try sierra bullets,they have more bearing surface,i had the same problem in my .204,i switched to sierra that solved the problem.