.17 HMR

[pbwalker]

Howdy,

I had an hour to kill today while waiting on a new pair of glasses, so I took a gander over to MegaLo Mart to see how ammo supplies were looking. I wound up picking up a Marlin .17HMR Bolt Action Rifle as I needed a varmint rifle and my AR build was slower than expected. Anyways, I was curious on what y'all think of it as a 'yote rifle. It's a fast shooter and I would go for head shots...its ballistics are pretty sweet and ammo is not *too* expensive for what it is.

Thoughts?

[shortysboy09]

Awesome rifle's! Deadly accurate also. You won't be let down.

[TLynnHughes]

My son has one. Fun as heck to shoot and very accurate. If you have any doubts about using it as a varmint rifle, head on over to youtube and search .17 HMR and Coyote. I didn't post any links here so as not to offend.

T.

[Abraham]

I've head shot two feral hogs with my Savage .17 cal. One weighed about 70 pounds and the other around 250. Both dropped like stones.

I used FMJ's that I had to send off for from Graff & Sons. You can find polymer tipped practically everywhere ammo is sold, but finding FMJ's, not so easy...

Oh yeah, the bullets penetrated the tough noggins, but didn't exit.

[TLynnHughes]

I do think I remember hearing something about a recall of the .17 HMR 597 by Remington. However, I believe the problem was related to the semi-auto HMRs. I think there's a thread here in the forum somewhere about it but I was unable to find it.

T.