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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:37:17 PM

Title: .17HMR
Post by: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:37:17 PM: What is it good for?

Got a 17hmr rifle for my birthday 13 years ago, had it at the range a few times... Seen videos of hogs taken, coyotes taken... Exploding rabbits and prarrie dogs...

Just never really utalized it... Its a nice rifle, CZ 452... But always wondered aviut the cartridge..

Doubt id want to shoot anything big with it, i got an AR for yotes...

Been thinking about selling it, doubt I got 200 rounds through it....
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:39:47 PM: Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:37:17 PM
What is it good for?

Got a 17hmr rifle for my birthday 13 years ago, had it at the range a few times... Seen videos of hogs taken, coyotes taken... Exploding rabbits and prarrie dogs...

Just never really utalized it... Its a jice rifle, CZ 452... But always wondered aviut the cartridge...

You forgot grouse, bobcats, basically a super charged .22, I love shooting my sos.👍
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:40:42 PM: Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:39:47 PM
Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:37:17 PM
What is it good for?

Got a 17hmr rifle for my birthday 13 years ago, had it at the range a few times... Seen videos of hogs taken, coyotes taken... Exploding rabbits and prarrie dogs...

Just never really utalized it... Its a jice rifle, CZ 452... But always wondered aviut the cartridge...

You forgot grouse, bobcats, basically a super charged .22, I love shooting my sos.👍

Woundnt it destroy a grouse beyond eating?
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: jrebel on December 17, 2018, 06:41:02 PM: Mine sits in the safe collecting dust. It is crazy accurate and fun to shoot but just doesn't get used. It will be passed down to my son one of these days so he can decide the usefullness of this gun.

Funny....I keep buying ammo every time I find it on sale. Might as well have plenty of ammo to pass along too.
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:43:07 PM: Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:40:42 PM
Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:39:47 PM
Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:37:17 PM
What is it good for?

Got a 17hmr rifle for my birthday 13 years ago, had it at the range a few times... Seen videos of hogs taken, coyotes taken... Exploding rabbits and prarrie dogs...

Just never really utalized it... Its a jice rifle, CZ 452... But always wondered aviut the cartridge...

You forgot grouse, bobcats, basically a super charged .22, I love shooting my sos.👍

Woundnt it destroy a grouse beyond eating?

Think headshot.😉
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:48:10 PM: Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:43:07 PM
Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:40:42 PM
Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:39:47 PM
Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:37:17 PM
What is it good for?

Got a 17hmr rifle for my birthday 13 years ago, had it at the range a few times... Seen videos of hogs taken, coyotes taken... Exploding rabbits and prarrie dogs...

Just never really utalized it... Its a jice rifle, CZ 452... But always wondered aviut the cartridge...

You forgot grouse, bobcats, basically a super charged .22, I love shooting my sos.👍

Woundnt it destroy a grouse beyond eating?

Think headshot.😉

Cuz im going to be taking a Full stocked bolt action rifle with a 6.5-20x50 scope with me along size my four legged critter gitter when I'm out in the boonines.....

Not exactly a truck gun either... I think i got a better chance of getting a grouse using a 50 cal black powder pistol loaded with BB shot....
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:51:24 PM: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: brew on December 17, 2018, 06:52:27 PM: Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:40:42 PM
Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:39:47 PM
Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:37:17 PM
What is it good for?

Got a 17hmr rifle for my birthday 13 years ago, had it at the range a few times... Seen videos of hogs taken, coyotes taken... Exploding rabbits and prarrie dogs...

Just never really utalized it... Its a jice rifle, CZ 452... But always wondered aviut the cartridge...

You forgot grouse, bobcats, basically a super charged .22, I love shooting my sos.👍

Woundnt it destroy a grouse beyond eating?
yup...you might as well sell it to me as its no good...i've got mine hitting dead on at 50 yards and at 2350 fps drops a whopping 1/2 " at 100 yards within a thumbnail group...you don't want to deal with that type of inaccuracy. i'd be doing you a favor by taking it off your hands...
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:53:02 PM: Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:48:10 PM
Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:43:07 PM
Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:40:42 PM
Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:39:47 PM
Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:37:17 PM
What is it good for?

Got a 17hmr rifle for my birthday 13 years ago, had it at the range a few times... Seen videos of hogs taken, coyotes taken... Exploding rabbits and prarrie dogs...

Just never really utalized it... Its a jice rifle, CZ 452... But always wondered aviut the cartridge...

You forgot grouse, bobcats, basically a super charged .22, I love shooting my sos.👍

Woundnt it destroy a grouse beyond eating?

Think headshot.😉

Cuz im going to be taking a Full stocked bolt action rifle with a 6.5-20x50 scope with me along size my four legged critter gitter when I'm out in the boonines.....

Not exactly a truck gun either... I think i got a better chance of getting a grouse using a 50 cal black powder pistol loaded with BB shot....

Not everyone has dogs to hunt with, and on gated roads walking they work great at longer distances.😉
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: jrebel on December 17, 2018, 06:53:12 PM: That is the exact problem with this rifle caliber.....there are better options for almost every type of hunting. Grouse.....22 lr or shotgun, coyote.....223, 22.250, .243, etc. etc.,

I have thought about buying the ruger single six in .17 hrm....just to have one. I bet it would be a fun plinker. :tup:
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:54:13 PM: Quote from: brew on December 17, 2018, 06:52:27 PM
Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:40:42 PM
Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2018, 06:39:47 PM
Quote from: Night goat on December 17, 2018, 06:37:17 PM
What is it good for?

Got a 17hmr rifle for my birthday 13 years ago, had it at the range a few times... Seen videos of hogs taken, coyotes taken... Exploding rabbits and prarrie dogs...

Just never really utalized it... Its a jice rifle, CZ 452... But always wondered aviut the cartridge...

You forgot grouse, bobcats, basically a super charged .22, I love shooting my sos.👍

Woundnt it destroy a grouse beyond eating?
yup...you might as well sell it to me as its no good...i've got mine hitting dead on at 50 yards and at 2350 fps drops a whopping 1/2 " at 100 yards within a thumbnail group...you don't want to deal with that type of inaccuracy. i'd be doing you a favor by taking it off your hands...

:yeah: :chuckle:
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: CAMPMEAT on December 17, 2018, 06:58:26 PM: I bought one years ago in Rawlins Wy when they were hard to get. It annihilates ground squirrels. I've shot coyotes with it and they ran away. Not my favorite gun. 17WSM is much better.
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: JeffRaines on December 17, 2018, 07:07:15 PM: This is going to sound sacrilegious, but... honestly, its a better killer than the 22.

The grouse I've shot with a 17 have barely moved. All the ones I've shot with a 22, sometimes they limp off a ways. I haven't had an issue recovering any of them, but the 17 is like lightning hit them - they may flap a little but wherever they were standing when I pulled the trigger is where they stay.

Same with rabbits.

Just go for the head/neck, obviously. Depending on the load it will tear up the meat. My favorite is the CCI GamePoint. They also make a FMJ thats great for small game as well.

The 22 is cheaper to shoot, and I still love the 22, but I always grab the .17 if I'm headed out for grouse or rabbit specifically.
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: lewy on December 17, 2018, 07:21:50 PM: Hard to beat that cartridge for ground squirrels both in effectiveness and cost!
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: mountainman on December 17, 2018, 07:29:34 PM: Quote from: lewy on December 17, 2018, 07:21:50 PM
Hard to beat that cartridge for ground squirrels both in effectiveness and cost!
That!👆
Killed 1000's of them, along with a dozen or so coyote. Be a good bobcat round for sure👍
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: Bob33 on December 17, 2018, 07:31:40 PM: Mine has killed literally hundreds of prairie dogs in Wyoming. Distances up to 200 yards. Low cost, no recoil, great shooting practice.

One of my favorite rifles.
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: jasnt on December 17, 2018, 07:54:10 PM: I miss my ol 17hmr. Should have never sold it. I liked the 25gr xtps took a lot of marmit with it. 300 yards was no problem on steel unless wind was bad. Only reason I sold it was I couldn’t reload for it. Always planed on getting a 17 hornet or rem but never have
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: actionshooter on December 17, 2018, 09:03:19 PM: Never had as much fun as shooting a 1000 sage rats in a day and the .17 is by far the best for that..... Had blisters on my thumbs from loading mags.
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: b23 on December 17, 2018, 09:22:16 PM: I've shot countless sage rats with mine over the years and they make for a great ground squirrel gun, but then I went and bought a 17 WSM and I can't remember the last time I shot one of my 17 HMR's. Like CAMPMEAT said, the 17 WSM is more better. :tup:
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: NWShooter on December 18, 2018, 12:12:45 AM: I shot several .22 Mags for many years. Switched to the .17 HMR for a year or two. Now the .17 HMR's are gone and I'm back to .22 Mags. But then again I feel the .308 Winchester is the queen of suck and you have to neck the suck out of it to make it perform. So why all the hastle when you can shoot a Creedmoor.
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: HntnFsh on December 18, 2018, 05:42:40 AM: I shoot a lot of grouse every year with mine. All head shots. I can easily put 5 shots within a dimes size at a 100 yards. Too much fun to shoot!
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: opdinkslayer on December 18, 2018, 06:06:21 AM: My boys made a mess of prairie dogs in Wyoming this fall while I was antelope hunting. $200 heavy barrel marlin from Walmart with a Vortex Diamondback 4-12. Who can’t have fun with that? :dunno: :chuckle:
Title: Re: .17HMR
Post by: Night goat on December 18, 2018, 03:39:02 PM: Yeah I seriously cant remember the last time I had mine out. I'm thinking about selling (via ffl transfer) it honestly. I might keep it, but the idea of trading it in for something that will see more use appeals...