Thread: 22LR or 17HMR, your thoughts?

Originally Posted by tibo

What about 17wsm, I’m surprised it didn’t get more traction

@tibo ammo initially had and possibly still has a reputation for not as good accuracy as you would like.
Not many rifles to pick from (too grunty for nearly all rimfire actions so you need a centerfire action with a rimfire type bolt, they need their own specific model usually). Something like the winchester highwall would be cool. Next one is cost. The couple of rifles you could pick are usually just as expensive or more so than a 17 hornet in the same rifle.
Some of the rifles including the plastic stocked models were a bit naff too
The semiauto option would be good but they seem to be dear as poison. In a time that AR15 clones were quite cheap, the 17wsm are 4 times the price.
Remember too that all the ammo regardless of packaging used to come from the same factory.
A lot of people seem to be waiting for it to sink or swim before committing too.
They really should've got a couple more rifle manufacturers on board when launching it