yeah there accurate. check out www.rimfirecentral.com lots of people post there groups. for the money you cant beat a marlin. o by the way your post name is 17wrm not 17Hmr. the trigger is heavy but cant be lighten with a simple spring swap or you could buy a rifel basix triger if yea wanted. i did the swap but i think i might put it back to stock just because when you tighten it you notice the slop in the trigger but you could shim it. the 17hmr is great for gophers, it will split the small ones in two.

heres a pic of my marlin 917vs.