M1 carbine conversion to 17 javilina

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The biggest draw back I see is case forming. It will take several steps to form the brass and be a real hassel. It` no where close to the .17 Rem. in velosity and if your wanting a slower .17 cal. round the .17 Mach 1V will still out do and if you want still less the .17 AH will do almost as much but the brass for these round is much easier to form. I shoot 3 different .17 cal centerfire rounds. The AH, the .17-223 and the Rem. The 223 round is almost as worthless as the Javilian, as it is so close to the Rem., but brass for it is very easy to form. I bought it in a Contender barrel with dies included for about 2/3 of the price of the barrel alone, IT WAS CHEAP! Putting that round in a carbine will give you a fast fireing varmint rifle, but accuracy will not be to good unless you spend alot more money on the gun to have it accurized. It would probibly be cheaper to trade your rifle on a Ranch rifle and have it rebarreled into .17 Rem., but if your wanting an accurate gun you would still have to have it accurized. To have youe gun rebarreled to the .17 Javilian will cost about $ 300 for barrel instulled and form dies will be over $100, plus if you have the gun accurized it will be another $100. If you`ve never had a wildcat rifle befor this would be a bad one to start with for 2 reasons. 1. Case forming is so involved and 2. your putting it on a semi-auto action.
That`s my thoughts on it, but right now I`m haveing a .22-6mm built for a long range gun and there are alot of people who see no use for it, but case forming will be easy and an 80 gn. .22 cal. bullet has a very high BC and wind drift is about 1/2 of most of the factory rounds used for long range shooting. It all boils down to what your will to pay for something about no one else would want and prospecs of selling are poor.