[mrb1982]

Just curious if guys are shooting this round and what they think of it? Seems like it could be a good gun for messing around and maybe varminting.

[opaww]

It had some popularity a while back but kind of died down as the years progressed and other calibers became more popular. It is a fair round for Varmint.

You will not be able to buy ammo for it at Wal-Mart as far as I have seen. But you should be able to get ammo for it at a good gun shop where they sell a wide verity of ammo.

[cpttango30]

The 17 fireball is a wildcat gone main stream on us. The very popular 17Mk IV was a necked down version of the 221 Fireball. I don't have any sub-calibers yet but I will have a 17 cal one day. The 17 fireball was adopted by remington in 2007. The original wildcat has been around since 1962 with a strong following in the sub-caliber group of varmint hunters.

They make great varmint round.

Sub-caliber is any caliber smaller than .224".

[mrb1982]

Seems like one of those calibers that someday will only really be able to be found if you reload, like some of the other "novelty" calibers in the past I suppose. I only call them novelty calibers because they never really caught on.