Anyone know if they are around? Thinking of having a play with a new calibre!
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Anyone know if they are around? Thinking of having a play with a new calibre!
Plenty around - Savage, Marlin, etc. For me personally the 17hmr is a bit of an awkward middle ground between 22LR and 223, but it is fun and suits some people well.
Just found one on killwells website, guess they do exist
Yeah it is a bit of the middle ground, its the 'missus' bunny gun.....
Or maybe not, just looking at ammo prices 35-40 for 25 rounds.... 223 is cheaper to run with factory ammo
Not quite $31 for $50
CCI 17HMR Ammo 17 Grain Box of 50 Rounds - Rimfire - Ammunition - Reloaders Supplies Ltd
I have a left handed savage and it shoots very well.
Ahhh 17wsm vs 17hmr, that would make the difference
There's one on tm
If the WSM survives as a cartridge, I shoot the 17 HMR awesome round and looked at a 223, bit of an overkill for the small farms I shoot. Convenience, no noise, and accurate out to 180 metres I find, will kill further out but maybe I'm not that good on a regular basis:)
CZ do a nice 452 in 17HMR. Had one. Sold it. Noisy, expensive, wind blown PITA. 223 is better in very way for what i wanted.
22 hornet ?
Doesn't perform as well as the 17hmr IMHO better with a 222 or 223Quote:
Originally Posted by northdude
It will do the job on rabbits you just need to think along the lines of the lr guys and know your drop
[QUOTE=kiwijames;470853]CZ do a nice 452 in 17HMR. Had one. Sold it. Noisy, expensive, wind blown PITA. 223 is better in very way for what i wanted
50 rounds for $30 bucks ain't an expensive afternoons? Suppressed they're quiet and wind doesn't really concern me, it has to be blowing it's arse off. A 223 is a totally different kettle of fish to me for what I do, horses for courses:cool:
The drop pretty quickly, I compared them when I bought the 17 hornet, I owned one for years for rabbit shooting in the 80s and 90s did a far bit of goat shooting with it as well. Don't think I'd use the 17 HMR on goats like I did the 22 hornet?Quote:
Originally Posted by northdude
It could be done but I wouldn't feel comfortable with it I did the opposite when looking at 17 and went the hornet instead it was a challenge to get an accurate load sorted I use it for med range rabbits hares and magpies also shot goats with it as well I've got 2 hornets one day one might get made into a 17 Ackley
Looked at an Ackley but performance isn't much better than the 17 hornet, which is much farther ahead of the HMR. The downside for me is having to capture the brass after each shot, drives me nuts out rabbit shooting, there was a nice Weirauch Ackley for sale here but do not know if it's still avail under $1500 with heaps of brass