Worlds fastest Rimfires

[Arnbo]

Winchester has come out with a 17HMR round that travels at 3000 fps
That is some smoking speed andthatiswith a 20 gr bullet.
I will be looking forward   To trying these  new little BadBoys out.

[headshot5]

Interesting, I hope this ammo is in the ballpark (price) with HMR ammo..

[ing]

Too bad its not actually a 17HMR.  It has a bigger case.  Time to buy a new gun.

[C-Money]

Too bad its not actually a 17HMR.  It has a bigger case.  Time to buy a new gun.

Ya, I think I will just stick with the HMR for now. The new Win cartridge would be a lot of fun!

[sirmissalot]

Thats what I heard, that its a totally new round.

[B.G.hunter]

It's called a 17 WSM and the guns are supposed to hit the market in May or June.  The ammo is supposed to be available about a mouth before the guns arrive.  So says my sources.  The ammo is going to cost about $15-$18 a box of 50.

[Heredoggydoggy]

I think it was Remington that came out with a rimfire cartridge called the 5mm.  It was a screamer, and if the .17 is like that cartridge necked down, it will really be a screamer!  I think the 5mm was the first round to be designated in millimeters, and enough people were leary of it for that reason, and it never caught on.  I think you could reload .17 Hornet brass and probably shoot cheaper than the rimfire ammo will be. 

[B.G.hunter]

I think it was Remington that came out with a rimfire cartridge called the 5mm.  It was a screamer, and if the .17 is like that cartridge necked down, it will really be a screamer!  I think the 5mm was the first round to be designated in millimeters, and enough people were leary of it for that reason, and it never caught on.  I think you could reload .17 Hornet brass and probably shoot cheaper than the rimfire ammo will be. 

People were leary of it because remington put into a P.O.S. gun.  If it would have been in a more solid action it would have done better.

[Heredoggydoggy]

I think it was Remington that came out with a rimfire cartridge called the 5mm.  It was a screamer, and if the .17 is like that cartridge necked down, it will really be a screamer!  I think the 5mm was the first round to be designated in millimeters, and enough people were leary of it for that reason, and it never caught on.  I think you could reload .17 Hornet brass and probably shoot cheaper than the rimfire ammo will be. 

People were leary of it because remington put into a P.O.S. gun.  If it would have been in a more solid action it would have done better.

Yeah, probably that too.  Century still makes ammo for it,  and I met a guy that had one a while back.  He loved it. 

[B.G.hunter]

I think it was Remington that came out with a rimfire cartridge called the 5mm.  It was a screamer, and if the .17 is like that cartridge necked down, it will really be a screamer!  I think the 5mm was the first round to be designated in millimeters, and enough people were leary of it for that reason, and it never caught on.  I think you could reload .17 Hornet brass and probably shoot cheaper than the rimfire ammo will be. 

People were leary of it because remington put into a P.O.S. gun.  If it would have been in a more solid action it would have done better.

Yeah, probably that too.  Century still makes ammo for it,  and I met a guy that had one a while back.  He loved it. 

My dad has one.  The quality is not even the quality of basic savage or marlin 17 hmr.  The extractor on those guns commonly broke.

[ing]

Apparently the case is based off of a 27 caliber nail gun blank. Sounds interesting...

[Arnbo]

From what I read it is a standard 17 hmr just juiced up
Do not know where your info on a larger case came from.
Sounds like the round will be on sale in the next couple months.

[KFhunter]

http://www.winchester.com/Pages/new-winchester-rimfire-caliber.aspx

[B.G.hunter]

From what I read it is a standard 17 hmr just juiced up
Do not know where your info on a larger case came from.
Sounds like the round will be on sale in the next couple months.

I was at a show last weak. Savage had a prototype of the gun and Winchester had some dummy rounds for the gun.  I ordered both of them.

[huntnphool]

I love my .17hmr, what a fun little gun.