17 Kimber hornet ????

toad67

October 20, 2019 22:50

In my work of helping clear an estate of a grumpy old friend of mine I came across something that I can't find much info on. I have an RCBS die set for a 17 Kimber hornet. One box is a F/L set, and the other is a form set die with a bunch of stuff in it. Not sure if it's complete or not. What little info I could find on it was that it was an experimental chambering in the early 80's by Kimber of Oregon with about 100 being made. Need to sell it for the estate. TIA.

Todd

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  charliemeyer007

  October 21, 2019 00:35

  I bet they were expensive. It's not on this list but maybe you could ask them what the set would have contained.
  
  I would think they will be hard to sell as most folks acquired the dies for their rifle so they could shoot it, as I doubt there was any factory ammo.
  
  Hornet brass is thin and IIRC easy to collapse. I didn't have my Hornet for long. .222 is a lot easier to work with.
  
  http://www.huntingtons.com/dies_caseform.html

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  Geri

  November 03, 2019 16:49

  Do a chamber cast and see what you have. FLS die.
  This should give you some info.

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  rufe-snow

  November 03, 2019 20:16

  Custom dies, without the rifle they were made for, going to be a hard sell. I've been stuck, with similar things like this in the past. Not worth aggravating yourself over them. Put them on the auction, at no reserve. Starting at a penny. Never can tell might work out OK? Whatever they sell for? Won't make a bit of difference, to your grumpy old friend.

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