Originally Posted by
alleyyooper
Know 3 fellows who have bought one. All state a well built rifle, theirs as pretty as the picture. One has shot a whole passel of ground squirrels one at 280 yards even. Another has been putting a good dent in Whistle pigs in his area.
Alley, I have a very strong feeling that the fella telling you that he shot a rat at 280 with that thing was "stretching" the range finder a good bit. The .17 is VERY wind sensitive and the drop on them things out past 200 is pretty steep. Not to mention with that small of a grain weight the kinetic energy is just about nil at 200 .