Thread: Fastest Rimfire in the World ...

I am more interested in the new heavier rifle action , BUT only if they make it in 22LR .

I just never understood the 17HMR or this new cal , in light of what the ammo costs HERE , in the US its alot different , here its never stacked up for me as I reload etc , 22Hornet & 223 are cheaper for me to use and have much more range and usually better rifles etc .

So to me , the fast rimfires never made any sense to me at all .

Later Chris

A good example of personal likes and dislikes and diferences in how we use rifles . Im the oposite and gave my hornet to a mate as the extra range it had over the hmr wasnt worth it to me, I like being able to shoot and move without giving a thought to where the brass has gone and I do enough reloading to make a rimfire a pleasant change. It is cool having the options to choose from.

Originally Posted by ChrisF

I am more interested in the new heavier rifle action , BUT only if they make it in 22LR .

I just never understood the 17HMR or this new cal , in light of what the ammo costs HERE , in the US its alot different , here its never stacked up for me as I reload etc , 22Hornet & 223 are cheaper for me to use and have much more range and usually better rifles etc .

So to me , the fast rimfires never made any sense to me at all .

Later Chris

I'll tell you what I like about the HMR Chris.

It's very light, fast (flat shooting), and frangible. Very quiet (when suppressed) and come in very light rifles. It's pretty safe to use (on the smaller farms I shoot on) as you really don't have to worry much about ricochets. Those little pills hit anything and they fly apart.

The big downsides are (as you said) cost, you can't reload, and the wind is a real bitch with them when firing out past 100+ (in saying that, 200m shots are quite possible on a still day. It does really run out of grunt out there though).

Bowling possums out of trees is a lot of fun. The projectiles dump all their energy and fragment as soon as they hit