New 17HMR

[Longshot270]

Originally Posted by 88Racing

Nice prairie dog round.......

I still like my 45-70 for prairie dogs though......

Yeah, hard to miss when the bullet is twice the size of the target.

[88Racing]

Originally Posted by Longshot270

Yeah, hard to miss when the bullet is twice the size of the target.

Exactly.....minimal cleanup required.....

[cj45lc]

Hey how do ya'll think that 17 would be in a pistol

[Longshot270]

Originally Posted by cj45lc

Hey how do ya'll think that 17 would be in a pistol

They actually made a semi auto version but because of the characteristics of the round it was pretty much recalled. Now every manufacturer has a warning to not use in an auto pistol.

[cj45lc]

I was looking at a single action revolver, think it was a Ruger

[88Racing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPtl7CSgq2I

[88Racing]

I seen there's a buy back program from remington on the 17 ammo and on some rifles also....magazine I seen it in was american rifleman

[cleatus12r]

A revolver would probably work out just fine. However, the .17 suffers a similar fate as a lot of semi-auto .22 pistols (and even rifles in some instances) where there simply isn't enough muzzle energy to cycle the action reliably.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soYFH...eature=related

[03gixxer1000]

I found the gun thread,, I knew there was one somewhere.

[Longshot270]

Haha, looks like I missed a bunch of stuff in my own thread

I'll need to post some pictures. Last time I took it out I hit the round end of a shotgun shell 3 out of 5 times at 80 yrds. The other two were just below it.