.17 Winchester Super Magnum
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Left, with .17 Hornet (center) and .22 Hornet (right)
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| Type | Rifle | |||||||||||
| Place of origin | United States | |||||||||||
| Production history | ||||||||||||
| Designer | Winchester | |||||||||||
| Designed | 2012 | |||||||||||
| Produced | 2013–Present | |||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||
| Parent case | .27 caliber nail gun blank | |||||||||||
| Case type | Rimfire, bottleneck | |||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | .172 in (4.4 mm) | |||||||||||
| Case length | 1.200 in (30.5 mm) | |||||||||||
| Overall length | 1.440 in (36.58 mm) to 1.590 in (40.39 mm) | |||||||||||
| Primer type | Rimfire | |||||||||||
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.17 Winchester Super Magnum, is a rimfire rifle cartridge developed by the ammunition company Winchester in 2012. It descended from the .27 caliber nail gun blank by necking down the blank case to take a .17 caliber (4.5 mm) bullet. Initial loadings were with a 20 grain bullet, delivering muzzle velocities around 3000 ft/s .
Winchester, in conjunction with Savage, introduced this cartridge at the 2013 SHOT Show.
The brass case for this round is roughly 50% thicker than the 17 HMR, and the max average internal pressure is 33,000 psi, versus the 17 HMR's 26,000 psi.
Factory ammunition is available from Winchester, Federal American Eagle, and more recently Hornady.
Hornady 17 Win Super Mag and Federal Ammunition American Eagle® 17 Win. Super Magnum cartridges are currently only available with 20 grain polymer-tipped projectiles rated @3000 FPS at the muzzle.
Several options from Winchester are available, including Varmint HV 17 Winchester Super Magnum with a 20 grain polymer-tipped projectile rated at 3000 FPS, Varmint HE 17 Winchester Super Magnum with a 25 grain polymer-tipped projectile rated at 2600 fps, and Super-X 17 Winchester Super Magnum which is available with a 20 grain JHP projectile, also rated at 3000 FPS.
Currently, rifles firing the 17 WSM are the Savage B-Mag bolt action, heavy barrel B-mag Target edition. Ruger Model 77/17, Winchester 1885 Low Wall single shot, the Volquartsen semi-automatic, H-S Precision Pro Series 2000, and the semi-automatic Franklin Armory F-17. The F-17 is the first gas-operated rimfire firearm, designed to handle the higher pressures of this cartridge. Also recently Jard Inc. joined this list with their J71 17 WSM AR 15 rifle.
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