Savage HMR .17.....Deadly!

[ilovesprig]

Haven't had the little HMR .17 out in awhile.......So, it was off to MCC this morning.......The squeakers were out in full force......Hit 11 in a row before my 1st miss.......Man, I love this shooter....... :-*

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[MJB]

Nice......but I wouldn't touch them.....damn dogs bring them back if I don't tie them up......Zoe likes to drop them in my chair...eeeerr

 

[Bonejour]

Blowin em up Steve!

 

[ilovesprig]

Mark,

I wore gloves today......Although, we've never had a problem with holding them before...... ;D

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[SurfNHuntSD]

Nice! Mr Bushytails all blown up. My buddys got a CZ in .17 HMR and its real fun to shoot. Zippy lil cartridge for sure

 

[NBK]

Now that's a good time! Strong work Steve!

 

[Tbob]

Sweet man! What's the range on one of those?

 

[ilovesprig]

Sweet man! What's the range on one of those?

I've lobbed some out there and killed them at a 125 or so......Any wind is not good for this tiny round.....Most deadly at around 75 to inside a 100..... ;D

Good for rabbit head shots too...................

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[Huntndogs]

Looks like fun, nice shooting Steve!

 

[baboltin]

looks like a lot of fun but I cant put myself to picking them up either !

 

[TomB]

The 17 HMR does a nice job on them. I like to call it surgical removal of the little critters. My CZ loves to mess up their little minds (literally).

 

[bloodlover]

Nice shooting i just got the savege in 17 hornet. Cant wait to explode some ground squirrels.

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

Anyone here use the 17 HMR for predators? Just wondering.

 

[ilovesprig]

Anyone here use the 17 HMR for predators? Just wondering.

This guy didn't feel real well from the little .17 HMR...............

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[SurfNHuntSD]

Nice!

 

[Lungpopper]

Nice going with the 17 Steve. I have seen a fare number of them run off after taking the 17 in the chest. One was only 8 yards away.

 

[ilovesprig]

Darryl,

I'm not advocating shooting coyotes with a .17.......Far from it.......I was going to shoot squirrels when I saw this guy......He went straight down when I hit him. But, then slowly went about a 100 yds......In that 100 yds, I hit him 3 more times and he still wasn't dead when I found him.

 

[sportyg]

Nice shooting Steve.... 8)

 

[NBK]

You can become a bit more successful if you shoot the 20 grain game points. I will be killing a big male here shortly with my .17. I will report back results when it goes down.

 

[bloodlover]

Being confident to kill predators is also the reason why i went with the 17 hornet over the hmr. The hmr is pretty small in my opinion for dogs and the hornet is to but i didnt buy the hornet for dogs its more for squirrels but if a dog runs by i wont hesitate to shoot. I prefer my 204 ruger for dogs.