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Offline DC

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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #15 on: November 27, 2017, 01:11:00 pm »
This is interesting. I thought .22 was the smallest calibre there was. .17 was an air rifle as far as I knew. Learn something new every day. I haven't shot for 40 years so maybe they snuck it in recently.
PS  I just read the Wikipedia article about .17. It was developed recently. Sounds like a calibre I would have liked.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #16 on: November 27, 2017, 01:39:12 pm »
Centerfire 17's have been around a good long time. The advent of the rimfire version was a gamechanger for varminters.
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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #17 on: November 27, 2017, 06:02:52 pm »
Those are some nice rifles you guys are talking about,  but
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she is perpetually broke.
22 LR seems about right, and easier to clean and cheaper to feed than a 17
or could it be that.....
she wants you to take her to the gun store (you missed black Friday >:()
or maybe she just wants you to come over and shoot them for her
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #18 on: November 27, 2017, 07:08:35 pm »
One of my friends has a bull barrel Ruger 10-22 in .17. He says a squirrel doesn't stand a chance at any distance.

I have bought several guns from the Kentucky Gun Company, they have the best prices I have found. I checked their site and they have plenty of .17HMRs starting at around $200 and up.
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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #19 on: November 27, 2017, 07:36:02 pm »
JW'b, I've been shooting that BSA since it came on the market with no problems. I figure if it raps out after that long I got my money's worth. And I'm not dumping a ton of money on a scope for shooting tree rats, I can still see.
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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #20 on: November 27, 2017, 07:55:14 pm »
I believe 22LR AND 17HMR ammo is back to normal pricing and availability. Last I knew 22 mag ammo was the high ticket item. I bought hundreds of rounds years ago and wont need any for another decade. Unless...............zombies and/or crackheads attack! Its one shot one kill with that gun in hand, better watch it zombies.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #21 on: November 28, 2017, 11:15:25 am »
Quote from: willie on November 27, 2017, 06:02:52 pm
Those are some nice rifles you guys are talking about,  but
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she is perpetually broke.
22 LR seems about right, and easier to clean and cheaper to feed than a 17
or could it be that.....
she wants you to take her to the gun store (you missed black Friday >:()
or maybe she just wants you to come over and shoot them for her

.22 LR is a lot slower and has poorer ballistics, so it is dropping more rapidly after 100 yds.  With the .17 having superior speed and flatter trajectory she will have to spend less on ammo learning Kentucky windage and elevation. 

And as for her having me come out and be her "shooting buddy"....let's say her mixed martial arts tournament rolling cauliflowered eared husband might have other expectations and the like.  He's a really nice guy and all, but I learned the hard way to fist bump rather than shake his hand. After all, I have grown attached to my right hand and I like to be able to use it!
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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #22 on: November 28, 2017, 02:02:04 pm »
Quote from: DC on November 27, 2017, 01:11:00 pm
This is interesting. I thought .22 was the smallest calibre there was. .17 was an air rifle as far as I knew. Learn something new every day. I haven't shot for 40 years so maybe they snuck it in recently.
DC, the HMR is a pellet on steroids. ;D
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #23 on: November 28, 2017, 02:54:24 pm »
Quote from: mullet on November 28, 2017, 02:02:04 pm
Quote from: DC on November 27, 2017, 01:11:00 pm
This is interesting. I thought .22 was the smallest calibre there was. .17 was an air rifle as far as I knew. Learn something new every day. I haven't shot for 40 years so maybe they snuck it in recently.
DC, the HMR is a pellet on steroids. ;D

Pellet on steroids!  HA!  I would add it seems to be on 'speed', too.
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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #24 on: November 28, 2017, 03:11:15 pm »
When I was a kid we used to double up on the powder in our .22 LR. Don't know how fast it went but it sounded fast to us.
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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #25 on: November 28, 2017, 06:03:42 pm »
the .17hmr  is a .22 magnum case necked down to the .17 diameter. It is the same as a 177 pellet I think.    As best I can remember it took a while to make a.17 in hard steel barrels due to the fact that the tooling to cut rifling had to be developed to be strong enough that small.  Pellet rifles are softer metal, some even brass, like the Sheridan's
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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #26 on: November 28, 2017, 07:18:28 pm »
Again when we were kids we toyed with the idea of chambering a pellet rifle to take a .22 short cartridge. None of my friends was willing to sacrifice their rifle. Selfish SOB's ;D ;D
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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #27 on: November 29, 2017, 12:12:59 am »
They are still playing around to make a safe .17 semi-auto pistol. Man, it's .17 or .20 of lead at 2500 FPS. It is flat and fast.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #28 on: November 29, 2017, 09:32:34 am »
Quote from: mullet on November 29, 2017, 12:12:59 am
They are still playing around to make a safe .17 semi-auto pistol. Man, it's .17 or .20 of lead at 2500 FPS. It is flat and fast.

I think you mean 17 or 20 grains of lead, right?
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Re: Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
« Reply #29 on: November 29, 2017, 11:27:41 am »
Not with a short barrel  ;)
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