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Re: 17hmr ?
« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2012, 12:08:26 AM »
Thanks for all your help I ended up going with a 22-250 and I love it but I will probably end up getting the .17hmr later just for fun thanks everyone for the help :hello:
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Re: 17hmr ?
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2012, 07:21:04 AM »
Thanks for all your help I ended up going with a 22-250 and I love it but I will probably end up getting the .17hmr later just for fun thanks everyone for the help :hello:

The 17 hmr is a must have in everyones arsenal.  Just a fun gun to shoot.  Great for ground squirrels.

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Re: 17hmr ?
« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2012, 07:38:43 AM »
Can't go wrong with a 22-250.   :tup:

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Re: 17hmr ?
« Reply #18 on: February 26, 2012, 08:36:49 PM »
You ended up with the best varmint caliber out there! :tup: nice choice bud!
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Re: 17hmr ?
« Reply #19 on: February 26, 2012, 08:44:30 PM »
Good choice :tup:
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Re: 17hmr ?
« Reply #20 on: February 28, 2012, 03:21:49 PM »
You definitely made a good choice.

The 17hmr is a cool little gun but only carries its energy out to about 150 yards, past that it probably wouldn't kill anything bigger than a crow. A friend of mine in Montana told me a story of a buck a shot a few years ago with a 17hmr, said it was 246 yards or something like that a double lunged it and it only ran 40 yards, I called BS but he swore it was true... I killed an antelope doe with mine once at 150 yards, but that was my max range for that gun and it was head shots only, that being said it dropped her in her tracks (I had two witnesses  :chuckle: ) I have seen several coyotes shot behind a spotlight with a 17 and they usually yelp and run off.

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Re: 17hmr ?
« Reply #21 on: February 28, 2012, 03:28:50 PM »
gotta have one of each!  I love my .17, and I love my 22-250.

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Re: 17hmr ?
« Reply #22 on: February 28, 2012, 06:50:46 PM »
gotta have one of each!  I love my .17, and I love my 22-250.
Now come on, is there really a gun we can't love!

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Re: 17hmr ?
« Reply #23 on: February 28, 2012, 06:51:18 PM »
Nope!

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Re: 17hmr ?
« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2012, 08:56:11 PM »
I use my savage .17 hmr it does wonders I have killed them out to 150 yards, I only take head shots though


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Re: 17hmr ?
« Reply #25 on: March 06, 2012, 09:39:52 PM »
 :tup: good shot looks like a good time in the field

 


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