.17 Mach IV
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17-mach-iv-274-17431321
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.17 Mach IV
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The .17 Mach IV is a wildcat centerfire rifle cartridge, based on the .221 Remington Fireball case, necked down to fire a 0.172 inches (4.4 mm) bullet. The cartridge was introduced in 1962 by Vern O’Brien. The cartridge offered an easy case conversion and good ballistics, but could not compete against the .17 Remington. The name, Mach IV, comes from the claim that the bullets can reach 4,000 ft/s. Due to the relatively small case capacity, even small variations in powder of 0.5 gr (0.032 g) can
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Rifle cartridge
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.17_Mach_IV
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2023-09-05T12:02:45Z
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