17HMR, my new love, any other's here discovered it?

[HKShooter65]

I noted with some humor that they disallowed the .17HMR at 200 yards......
Flash

After a snicker I did have to wonder TWF?
What for??


BTW

Anybody have experience with the little 17 Hornady Mach 2 (17HM2) ?
Necked down 22lr.
Great, accurate, gentle 2,100 FPS round.
Pretty much a defunct market failure, perhaps due to superiority of the 17HMR.
If ammo is seen it's 200-300 a brick!
And
While I'm at it, any experience here with the 17WSM, a necked down .27 caliber nail gun blank, more velocity for more $$$.

 

[ROGER4314]

After a snicker I did have to wonder TWF?
What for??

Good question! I dug out my match records to give you a true idea of what that .17HMR can do. These are actual scores. The "X" ring at 200 yards is the size of a golf ball.

Marlin 917V .17HMR 200 yards from prone. $30 Tasco scope.
499/500 28X High Master
500/500 23X High Master

AR-15 20" .223 at 200 yards from NRA positions, service rifle class. Iron sights.
473/500 7X Master
470/500 13X Master
470/500 9X Master

The .17HMR will lay down Master to High Master scores all day, every day at 200 yards. It's easier to ban them to compete against them.

Flash

 

[barryt]

Literally my favorite caliber! Its like a little laser. I find my Savage is just point and shoot.

 

[HKShooter65]

Shot mine today again.

Hornady 17gr ammo
400 feet with a so-so rest but pretty good care given the trigger.
2" wide 1" high 6 shot group.
I LOVE that little Savage.

Question..............
Is there much point in a 17HMR pistol.
I almost owned one a few yours ago.

Nice guy was walking the gun show with a Ruger Single-Six blued asking 400, saying he paid $475 plus tax.
I, being the frugal guy (wife says "cheap") offered $340. He said no.
Later I figured he'd take $380 and I had the cash but couldn't re-find him.



So.............to the question:

Anybody here have experience with a pistol in 17HMR
As a rifle caliber a lot of us are smitten.
Is there any sense in having it in a pistol?
I love my Ruger Single-Six Stainless 22lr and shoot it lots.
With the CCI "Quiet" 710FPS it's such a pleasure and I think hearing safe while walking about.
With the 22 magnum cylinder the Ruger is loud, expensive and I don't shoot it much.

17HMR, I'd suspect would be nasty-loud from a revolver. Is it a practical pistol round?
Any experienced opinions hereabouts?

 

[texasrecurve]

Love that caliber.

 

[Younggun]

Did a little turtle sniping today.

Turtle heads aren't even a challenge, lots of fun even if they were only about 25 -30 yards away


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[diesel1959]

After a snicker I did have to wonder TWF?
What for??


BTW

Anybody have experience with the little 17 Hornady Mach 2 (17HM2) ?
Necked down 22lr.
Great, accurate, gentle 2,100 FPS round.
Pretty much a defunct market failure, perhaps due to superiority of the 17HMR.
If ammo is seen it's 200-300 a brick!
And
While I'm at it, any experience here with the 17WSM, a necked down .27 caliber nail gun blank, more velocity for more $$$.

Psssst: You can fire .17 PMC in a rifle chambered for .17 Mach2 with no problemo. Ammo here ( http://unammo.com/ )for a lot less than you think (1000rds of 20gr Open Tip FMJ for $120.00).

 

[Fast Frank]

I guess I'm a little late coming to this thread...

But I'm a .17 fan, too.

I bought mine back when it was still a fairly new thing. I haven't shot it much lately because ammo had gotten difficult to find but I see that it's starting to be on the shelves again. I'll buy some more, but I'm in a semi-hoarder status because Hillary is looming on the horizon.

Anyway... It's my most accurate rifle, and a joy to shoot. Like everybody has said- it's fun to watch the bullet hit and it always goes right where I want it.

I have a 93R17BTVS with a Mueller 8.5-25X44AO scope.



I don't know why this is the only pic I have of a target- It's not the best one I ever shot. Actually it's just an average group and I'm pretty sure I can duplicate or beat this group every time I shoot the thing.



The dotted line is one inch, the dot is 3/4". that 5 shot 100 yard group is about .8 or so.

Not too bad for an off the shelf rifle and scope that was about 500 bucks, huh?