Any .17hmr shooters? Input please.

[boxerjake77]

Looking to buy one,but not too familiar with these. I've seen, like and shot the Savage, and it's at a good price. Now, looking at Rugers, the ones I've seen look great and are a lot more money than the other makers.

Is this a "you get what you pay for" situation, or I can't go wrong with a Savage or Marlin.

Thanks for any info!

 

[GunGrey]

Hit up RFC


I was thinking bout one a long time ago for coyotes, but it seemed too much of a novalty at the time.



I guess they are lethal on coyotes and groundhogs

 

[Fixxah]

MrTwigg had one for sale. Try classifieds, there were extras included.

 

[economist]

Looking to buy one,but not too familiar with these. I've seen, like and shot the Savage, and it's at a good price. Now, looking at Rugers, the ones I've seen look great and are a lot more money than the other makers.

Is this a "you get what you pay for" situation, or I can't go wrong with a Savage or Marlin.

Thanks for any info!

I have a Ruger bolt action in .17 hmr, and a relative has a Savage. They both put those little .17 hmr rounds in tiny little groups. I think the Savage with the accutrigger is a great gun for the money and I can't say the Ruger is all that much better.

 

[SKS Ray]

IIRC most people on the rimfirecentral boards picked the Marlin for better accuracy.

These guns are a lot like .22 rifles in that you can spend top dollar and get one that will do a better job right out of the box than the others or you can buy a standard model and sink some cash into it and depending on your tinkering skills wind up with a very accurate rifle.

 

[m4bushy]

I have the savage bull barreled version with an avenger? Stock. It does shoot really well. The problem is the price of ammo. I can load 100 rounds in 223 or 22-250 for the price of a box of 50 .17hmr

 

[Coyote33]

Hit up RFC


I was thinking bout one a long time ago for coyotes, but it seemed too much of a novalty at the time.



I guess they are lethal on coyotes and groundhogs

The .17 HMR is NOT a coyote caliber.

 

[Twigg]

MrTwigg had one for sale. Try classifieds, there were extras included.

Long gone. Still have a couple boxes of Squirrel Grenades left tho.

 

[economist]

The .17 HMR is NOT a coyote caliber.

Agreed. The .17hmr might work on coyote, but so might a .22 short. For a reliable and humane coyote round, the .204 Ruger is great flat-shooting cartridge, as are the 22-250 and .220 Swift. Of course, one could go with .223 as well. If you just want them dead, anything on up, naturally, would do the job.

Edit to add: If you want to really reach out on coyote, .204 is a little light. For longer distance coyote I would go with a .22-250 and might even consider the .25-06 (which is also a nice white-tail cartridge with the right load).

 

[boxerjake77]

Not looking at really killing anything, just a nice accurate target rifle to shoot, and have fun with.

 

[economist]

Not looking at really killing anything, just a nice accurate target rifle to shoot, and have fun with.

In that case, you'll love the .17hmr. It's a lot of fun to shoot.

 

[Beeffajitas]

I have the Savage with the bull barrel. It's a lot of fun. Very accurate at 100yd.

 

[boxerjake77]

I have the Savage with the bull barrel. It's a lot of fun. Very accurate at 100yd.

I guess so, I always this old guy at the club shooting groups of
five, that all fit inside a quarter at 100yds.

 

[mark2]

I guess so, I always this old guy at the club shooting groups of
five, that all fit inside a quarter at 100yds.

I have the Savage and if that's what you want to do then the Savage will do it just fine, you just have to find the ammo it likes (mine likes the 20gr fmj's)

 

[MARINE96]

I'd go with a Savage. The Marlins had some QC issues with the scope mount holes being drilled off center.

 

[joshh]

i have had a marlin bull barrel bolt action .17 for years and got it for cheap money. it's a tack driver and with proper rounds its a great varmint gun. i have been considering putting a bigger scope on mine because mine is only good to about 150yds and i can keep 3" groups with it at that range. i figure i could be ok up to 200yds with the right optic. its got a $19.97 walmart scope right now.