.17 caliber

foofish · 11-17-2003, 10:41 PM

anyone heard about these? an ok friend of mine was telling me about how he baught one and he loves it for small game. He says its a .22 shell with a .17 bullet, he says it has over 2000 fps. Is he lying is this gun real, does anyone have one? just curious, Thanks

corey22 · 11-18-2003, 03:17 PM

My buddy just bought one a few weeks ago and he loves it. He has taken some squirrels with it so far. It is a very nice gun, good for anything from small game to turkeys and coyotes. It shoots flat and accurate and can be compared to a .22 mag.

young_gun · 11-18-2003, 10:20 PM

its pretty much a necked down 22 mag shell verry accurate if it is not windy out.

charles5533 · 11-18-2003, 10:55 PM

I have one.5 shots at 100yrd can cover with a qaurter.I use it for coyote,fox,and bobcat.

Ridge Runner · 11-19-2003, 05:25 PM

you talking about the 17 aguila(s)? 17 HMR? these are the rimfires, there' s a bunch of centerfires. the aguila(s) is about the same size as a 22 LR casewise, the HMR is the 22 mag necked down.
RR

Suthern buck · 12-03-2003, 01:48 PM

i own a .17 caliber remingotn and i love it. the shells i shoot are 4,063 fps. i also own a 10/22 which is also ideal for this type of game if your a good shot.

So no your friend isnt lying he just understated the fps on the bullets

noway · 12-05-2003, 09:24 AM

foofish
The .17 rimfire is underpowered for game as large as coyotes.
It may be good out to 50 yards for so on fox bobcats coyotes but not much over that. Pretty comparable to the .22 magnum rimfire.

The .17 centerfire is an excellent coyote round out to 300 yards or so.

Big difference in the two cartridges.

bestcanadianhunter · 12-12-2003, 12:44 PM

sorry to say it but that is all i use for coyotes, i have even taken a wolf with the .17 hmr, but it sucks on windy days. it is all about shot placement not about hitting power. if your good enough shot you could even kill a deer or bear with it.

Derag2 · 12-13-2003, 09:42 AM

Suthern buck
How do you get a .17hmr shell at 4000fps????????? you must reload cause factory loads i've seen are 2550fps.........

The .17hmr can take a yote out to 100 yards but after that i wouldn't take one. And i definately wouldn't shoot a deer or bear with one.....

driftrider · 12-13-2003, 09:56 AM

Suthern Buck is talking about the .17 Remington, not the .17 HMR.

The .17 Rem is a centerfire bottleneck rifle cartridge similar to, but not exactly, a necked down version of the .223 Rem (some of the dimensions other than the neck are different), so it's not at all unreasonable for it to smoke that little 25gr. bullet out there at 4,000+ fps.

The .17HMR, as you know, is a necked down .22WMR. They are the same caliber, but totally different cartridges alltogether.

Mike