.17 Rem AR15

[dragbag]

Anyone running a .17 Rem AR15? If so any problems and what is your overall thoughts on it?

 

[msalm]

I've built maybe 8 of them in the past. I didn't have any issues at all with them and they shot very well. The gas port needs to be properly sized, usually running .005" or more smaller than the 5.56's. I worked my way up from .070" or so and if I remember right got great function in the high .070's/very low .080's. Mid-length system with 18" bbl was smaller yet. Accuracy was excellent and the coyote hunters I built them for were very happy with them.

 

[Flintdog2011]

Be very careful running .17 in a semiauto. Dad had an uncontained failure two weeks ago shooting at a yote with his Remington. When he contacted them they said that they have stopped manufacturing semis for the 17 for that reason and to only use bolt guns for that round. I don't know the technical reason that they gave but I will ask him and post again. I did see the round and the separated case,looked scary!

 

[Mod Adahy]

Be very careful running .17 in a semiauto. Dad had an uncontained failure two weeks ago shooting at a yote with his Remington. When he contacted them they said that they have stopped manufacturing semis for the 17 for that reason and to only use bolt guns for that round. I don't know the technical reason that they gave but I will ask him and post again. I did see the round and the separated case,looked scary!

Was that with a .17 rimfire.?

 

[Flintdog2011]

Yes. I'm out of town for a few days but I'll post a pic when I get back

 

[Flintdog2011]

Disregard previous posts. It was a 17 hmr that failed

 

[dragbag]

I've built maybe 8 of them in the past. I didn't have any issues at all with them and they shot very well. The gas port needs to be properly sized, usually running .005" or more smaller than the 5.56's. I worked my way up from .070" or so and if I remember right got great function in the high .070's/very low .080's. Mid-length system with 18" bbl was smaller yet. Accuracy was excellent and the coyote hunters I built them for were very happy with them.

Thank you. That is what I want one for coyote and bobcat. I see D-Tech offers it and was thinking of contacting them for a upper. I am assuming normal pmags work fine?

 

[msalm]

Yep, any of the mags work with no problem.

 

[dragbag]

Thank you msalm.

 

[BERTMAN77MK2]

I had a 17 rem AR15 and am now talking with a prominent smith here to build one in my favorite 17 caliber---.17 Fireball! Getting a 20 rd mag to feed properly will probably be the hard part.