I recently bought a couple of HMR's.

The Ruger 77/17 Stainless Laminate has the feel and weight of it's big centerfire brother. Out of the box it's trigger was horrible, I replaced it with a Rifle Basix. What is a good point with the Ruger is the 10 round rotary magazine, they have been tried and trued forever now and you can quickly change loads simply by switching magazines. I topped it with a silver Leupold VX II 3x9 and while not a true tackdriver it shoots under and inch at 100 yards.
The second rifle and my favorite of the 2 is an Anschutz 1517. While it's more exspensive than the savage, marlin, ruger etc by no means isit a "to pretty, dont scratch" gun. It has a nicely figured walnut stock, deep rich bluing and the trigger breaks like glass at 2.5 lbs and is a absolute shooter.I use this gun as a truck/ ranch gun and while out and about it travels with me.It has a few dings and gets dusty but I got it to shoot and not look at.I mounted a Zeiss 6.5x20x50 on her and can say honestly,with it and my rangefinder critters out to 200 or so yards are simply easy targets. I have grown to love the little 17 HMR cartridge. While some will say it's not good for things bigger than a ground hog, I am confident with my shooting abilitys/shot placement to take a few bigger things.

What ever gun you choose I am sure you will grow to like shooting it, for me it's another addiction.