what range to sight a 17 hmr?

13pointjomc · 10-05-2009, 04:34 PM

gonna buy a marlin 17hmr tomorrow,im gonna be huntin squirrels un rabbits with it,most shots will be under 50-60 yard,so should i site it ni at 100 yards or 50 yards??

Centaur 1 · 10-05-2009, 05:37 PM

These two charts are from the Federal website. There's really not much difference, a gun sighted at 100 yards is also sighted in at 40 yards, and a 50 yard zero is also sighted in at 85 yards. You have to remember that the bullet crosses the line of sight twice, so in reality one is a 40 yard zero and one is a 50 yard zero.

What you'll find really weird is when you get a close shot, at 15 yards you need to aim an inch over a squirrels head. The distances between 5 and 25 yards are worse than trying to hit between 50 and 150 yards.

Centaur 1 · 10-05-2009, 05:43 PM

By the way here's a couple of pics of mine. I just refinished the stock, I dyed the wood green then finished it with tung oil. If you haven't decided on a scope yet, take a look at the Mueller APV.

http://www.muelleroptics.com/products/MAPV451440.html

13pointjomc · 10-05-2009, 05:52 PM

By the way,i fixed my 10-22 the way rimfirecentral said to,it will shoot(i put a cheap 4x32 on it),3/4 in groups at 50 yards!!!!!!I'm gonna put a Centerpoint 3x9x32 on the 17 hmr.Thanks alot

Centaur 1 · 10-05-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by 13pointjomc

By the way,i fixed my 10-22 the way rimfirecentral said to,it will shoot(i put a cheap 4x32 on it),3/4 in groups at 50 yards!!!!!!I'm gonna put a Centerpoint 3x9x32 on the 17 hmr.Thanks alot

You have to love the tips on rimfirecentral. Today I worked on my buddy's Savage Mark 2 without an accutrigger. I polished the trigger and the sear, shimmed the trigger housing to limit sear engagement, and I shimmed the sides of the trigger to remove side to side slop. It's now crisp and smooth and breaks at 2 1/4 pounds.

Tomorrow I have someone who's going to paint Duracoat on my 10/22's trigger, trigger housing, and the bottom of the receiver. I'm leaving the top part of the receiver brushed aluminum and I'm just going to wax it.

Did you do the JB Weld on the sear to remove thr trigger slop?

IndyHunter83 · 10-06-2009, 03:53 AM

sight in at 100 yds. that way you're pretty close at short shots and long shots.

Sheridan · 10-06-2009, 08:40 AM

What Indyhunter said +1

cjwink · 10-06-2009, 01:02 PM

100yds.. I sighted mine in about 2" high at 50 yards and that sucker was 4 inches high at 100....

aomregcik · 10-06-2009, 01:56 PM

Roughly how long did it take you to work the Mark 2 trigger? Had mine out over the weekend checking zero for squirrel this week, been awhile and forgot how awful the trigger was. Seriously spoiled by the triggers on my M700's and M70.

Centaur 1 · 10-06-2009, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by aomregcik

Roughly how long did it take you to work the Mark 2 trigger? Had mine out over the weekend checking zero for squirrel this week, been awhile and forgot how awful the trigger was. Seriously spoiled by the triggers on my M700's and M70.

It only took a couple of hours and it made one heck of a difference. Check out this link for instructions.

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums...ad.php?t=46774