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Anyone with a 17HMR?
Posted on 8/19/21 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 8/19/21 at 6:14 pm
I have a couple of 22lr pistols and a couple of rifles.
Now thinking 17hmr? I like that it shoots crazy tight groups. 2500fps and shoots very flat.
Now thinking 17hmr? I like that it shoots crazy tight groups. 2500fps and shoots very flat.
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 6:16 pm to lsu xman
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I like that it shoots crazy tight groups
It’s not some ballistic defying round that shoots tight groups. It’s like any other round. Some guns shoot it well others don’t.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 6:19 pm to lsu xman
A17 here, love it
it’ll frick up a nutria rat
it’ll frick up a nutria rat
Posted on 8/19/21 at 6:21 pm to lsu xman
I like .22mag better, but .17hmr is fun. Ammo is hard to find for either one right now.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 6:36 pm to lsu xman
I love my Marlin. It is louder than than I expected with zero recoil so it a great gun to practice with.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 6:47 pm to civiltiger07
I can and have killed squirrels DRT beyond 100 yds with a 17hmr bolt action. It didn't take me a box of ammo to realize the little 2-7x rimfire scope I bought with my first HMR wasn't enough scope for the little guns potential. IMO it's the way the ammo is made that gives the 17hmr the advantage over a 22 in accuracy.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 7:35 pm to lsu xman
an amazing round. My Marlin bolt will stack them on top of each other at 150 yards. We shoot and hit a 4" plate at 300 yards with ours. Fun round. Deadly to critters. Not a round to use if you want to save the meat. Blows up squirrels like they ate a M80.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 7:49 pm to lsu xman
I have one and shoot the shite out of snakes in my pond with it. My pond is 2 acres and I can cover one bank to the other with it.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 7:51 pm to lsu xman
Great shooting round, can be very accurate, I just never found a need for the round but anytime I had a used one come through I would take it out for "testing".
Posted on 8/19/21 at 7:57 pm to lsu xman
I have one. It’s a fun round.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 8:10 pm to bbvdd
I have a CZ 457 in 17hmr. Loves the Hornady rounds
Posted on 8/19/21 at 8:31 pm to lsu xman
I sold mine when it dawned on me that I could shoot a .223 cheaper.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 8:33 pm to lsu xman
I bought one just because ammo was widely available for it at all my LGS prior to the pandemic. I have no practical use for it though. I'm not going to shoot a squirrel at 100 yards, and prefer my 5.56 for larger nuisance game at that distance. It is super accurate though as long as there's no wind.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 8:50 pm to lsu xman
It is a sweet round and you will find that probably the round is more accurate than the shooter. Nickle sized groups at 100 yards are common and for the squirrel shooter, there is no reason not to aim for the head.
Good one for the young or inexperienced shooter to learn on. Expensive, but no recoil to start a flinch, lots of sound, and supreme accuracy.
Love popping starlings in the top of the cottonwoods. Even at long range they fragment very thoroughly when taken from behind.
Good one for the young or inexperienced shooter to learn on. Expensive, but no recoil to start a flinch, lots of sound, and supreme accuracy.
Love popping starlings in the top of the cottonwoods. Even at long range they fragment very thoroughly when taken from behind.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 8:51 pm to lsu xman
I went with the 17WSM.. like it. But normally take 22 mag instead.
This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 8/20/21 at 5:43 am to lsu xman
Are you going to be hunting with it? It's a fun gun to shoot no doubt but a .22 wmr is more practical if you're wanting to tote it in the woods
Posted on 8/20/21 at 7:22 am to Loup
I bought the mach II. I just didn't see the point of anything made from the mag casing. Love it.
Posted on 8/20/21 at 8:28 am to AlxTgr
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I bought the mach II.
I don't know anybody who owns the mach2. Matter of fact, my local gun shop has had the same 3 boxes of Hornady .17 mach 2 ammo sitting on the shelf forever. What is the MV? I'm guessing about 1800 FPS?
Posted on 8/20/21 at 8:30 am to lsu xman
I have 2 of them. My favorite shooting rifle. I put the 17 HMR scope on both and they don’t miss. Super fun gun to shoot and will bunch them up super tight.
Posted on 8/20/21 at 8:47 am to WHATDOINO
My Savage 93 .17HMR the top of my favorite rimfires to shoot.
I find it is SUPER CONSISTENT with Hornady V-max (Labeled Varmint Express).
(ammo is hit or miss to locate at times, but not too many people shoot it)
Looks like this stock pic (unlike this one the folding bipod I added to mine is actually too long and the feet extend into the muzzle blast area when folded up)
I find it is SUPER CONSISTENT with Hornady V-max (Labeled Varmint Express).
(ammo is hit or miss to locate at times, but not too many people shoot it)
Looks like this stock pic (unlike this one the folding bipod I added to mine is actually too long and the feet extend into the muzzle blast area when folded up)
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