RE: How come I never....
Well, if I had to guess it' s just that most of the folks on this board are deer (and larger animal) hunters with a just few varmint hunter converts. I' m curious to know, however, just what would you shoot, besides targets, with a 17 HMR at 250 yards? Ground squirrels, or Prarie Dogs maybe? I don' t know but about the smallest thing to shoot that far away around here would be a Groundhog, of course I guess you might shoot some tree rats from accross a field if you were so inclined.
Gordon