Thread: 22mag or 17 hmr

I love my little marlin 17hmr w varmint barrel, it shoots like a laser and is outstanding for knocking down hares and turkeys that would just laugh at a 22LR. Same as above, the only time I use my 22 now is shooting subs. I had mine shortened and suppressed by gunworks to take a bit of the crack away and it shoots just as well as it did before but now has the added bonus of confusing hares instead of sening them running.

Love the calibre but in hindsight, for similar money, I would get a savage or a CZ, primarily for the nicer trigger as the marlin one is nothing special.

for those of us that don't reload........

Kidmac, whats the Ruger worth to you?

The hawkeye 223? Sorry mate but not for sale

I had a .17hmr and was like a bloody laser even out to 100+ yards, Great penetration and expansion too on such a little round. never fired a 22 magnum but from the performance I got from the .17 it would be hard to beat. Rounds a bit expensive for a rimfire though, Costs almost the same as cheap 7.62x39

Got me a marlin 917vr heavy barrel, 4-12x love it, just love it. Will need to do a trigger job on it to make it lighter
It takes some of the guess work out when you working on some angles/slopes, the fact it just goes faster and flatter means it will generally get there.