Thread: 17WSM any good

+1 Been using the 17WSM for a while now and just love it.. Was using the 17HMR which was very accurate.

With the 17hmr I had it zeroed at 100 m and targets between 0 and 120 m were dead. If I hadn't had too much coffee.

The 17WSM imho seriously out performs the HMR.

I have the 17WSM zeroed at 150m and just point at fur out to 170m my record is 288m on a bunny (DRT) and I've not used the HMR since.
As @Plinky says ammo is readily available even in CHC (best deals from shooter supplies and Gunworks)

DOn't let the nay-sayers put you off, it out performs 22mag and 17HMR ballistically speaking especially in bucking the wind. That doesn't mean you can forget about wind you still have to do your part when it's blowing.

I have the Savage B mag in stainless with heavy barrel and is very accurate (check out my posts) I did need to get rid of the plastic stock, but once in the laminated stock and bedded, 10 cent size groups at 100m are normal if I do my part.

My suggestion is to avoid the Savage with sporter (thin) barrel in the plastic stock, a check of you tube will turn up all sorts of accuracy problems when they first came out.

If you want to try it out we can organise to meet at the CHC NZDA open range day sometime. I'm going there today to sight in the new 6.5 Creedmoor but that's another story.