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Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
After shooting this I am flat out amazed at he accuracy but floored at how much the wind affects it. It is a Remington 17HMR.
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RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
sweet lookin gun! do you mean your mad at how much the wind effects it? i heard the .17's are bad at wind resistance which is why i was looking twards the .22 wmr or the .22-250
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RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
ORIGINAL: squirrelkilla23 sweet lookin gun! do you mean your mad at how much the wind effects it? i heard the .17's are bad at wind resistance which is why i was looking twards the .22 wmr or the .22-250 I am flat out amazed at the accuracy of it and its ability to kill to 120 yards. My buddy wanted to put down a rooster that was really ignroant and attacked anyone that walked into the coup. It would spur you even after booting it. We put it out at 120 yards it took a neck shot! |
RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
Poor old rooster. Now he's dead and there is a coup full of unhappy widowed hens morning with little black vells and everything! He was just trying to protect his girlfriends is all. He probably though you was some kind of a chicken plucker or something. I be ashamed dnk. LOL
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RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
ORIGINAL: BuddyBo Poor old rooster. Now he's dead and there is a coup full of unhappy widowed hens morning with little black vells and everything! He was just trying to protect his girlfriends is all. He probably though you was some kind of a chicken plucker or something. I be ashamed dnk. LOL BBO |
RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
LOL, I "Zwickied" mine at 20 yds. Turned his big butt into cat food for the zoo. Arrow stayed in too!!
Dnk: I have a .17 also and they are worthless in a crosswind. Had a few .17 Rem and they were bad that way too. Even my .223 shows the wind affect at 100 yds. You guys might get a kick outta this one. After my wife passed away she got a money solicitation from PETA that had a shiny new nickel in it. I put it up at 100 yds and punched a hole in near center w/ the .17 hmr and sent it back telling them I didn't think their organization was worth a "plugged nickel" lol. Never heard from them again! |
RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
That was one of the main reasons I went with the .204Ruger. I was all set on getting a 17HMR but then a few guys at work beat me to it and both of them came to work saying the same thing you did. They said a good breeze would affect it and both seemed unhappy about it. That same week I happen to read a article about the .204 and that was what I went with. Pretty much flat out to 300 and then only off by -12 at 400. The wind is also alot better. I liked it because it shared the same ricochet properties as the 17. Set it up on a cardboard box target and it explodes by the time it reaches the other side of the box! I love that little gun, just need to find my right hand load!
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RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
Well wish the best you with it. I had a sweet shooting .222 until some a$$ stole it from me. They're nice and fast enough very lite recoil if any and could reach out an touch someone/thing! :)
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RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
Don, back in the late 60's I shot .17cal 20/25grsRemington and in 2005 while visting my wifes cousin in NC, we shot over 300 rounds of.17HMR in a Savage. We were shooting 2liter Coke bottles filled with water @ 100yds. All we could find was real tiny pieces of the bullets.
I'm glad I got to shoot the .17HMR because it convinced me not to get one.:)Hey, if you are happy with it, that's all that counts, enjoy! |
RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
The only real problem with it is the wind, everything else with it is perfect up to around 150 yards. It is a super accurate round. I guess I will have to take out the 300 win mag for those windy days!
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RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
Personaly I think its the Rosters fault for running into the bullet...
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RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
ORIGINAL: awshucks LOL, I "Zwickied" mine at 20 yds. Turned his big butt into cat food for the zoo. Arrow stayed in too!! Dnk: I have a .17 also and they are worthless in a crosswind. Had a few .17 Rem and they were bad that way too. Even my .223 shows the wind affect at 100 yds. You guys might get a kick outta this one. After my wife passed away she got a money solicitation from PETA that had a shiny new nickel in it. I put it up at 100 yds and punched a hole in near center w/ the .17 hmr and sent it back telling them I didn't think their organization was worth a "plugged nickel" lol. Never heard from them again! awshucks, I'm sorry about your wife's passing. I think you did a very clever thing with that nickel, showing them that you didn't need their money and showing that they need to update their records on living souls also. But, you are lucky in one little bitty detail. They could have hadyouarrested for destroying legal tender. A felony. WOW! And to think I could have pulled jail time for all those pennies I let trains run over way back when. LOL. Isn't money fun to ruin? Or waste? Or spend? Or look at? Or, heck, you get the idea. LOL BBO |
RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
Buddy, is there a reward for a report that leads so a conviction for these kinda people?
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RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
I have thought about getting the 17 HM2 for tree rat hunting since it will not go as far as the HMR, but it is still supposed to be a great little round. Figured it would be great for making them fifty yard shots on the tree rats in early season. But Probably not this year, the Vortex is on the top of the list.
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RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
Yeah dnk, there probably is a reward for a taddle tail report of sorts but me personally would be in the clear as my pennies the train ran over were Canadian pennies. LOL J/K (Russian pennies) (Iraqi?) (ok, I lied. It was a big old fat lady jumping up and down on one. Bye awshucks. Dnk is gonna have you sent away to the ROCK!)
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RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
ORIGINAL: BuddyBo Yeah dnk, there probably is a reward for a taddle tail report of sorts but me personally would be in the clear as my pennies the train ran over were Canadian pennies. LOL J/K (Russian pennies) (Iraqi?) (ok, I lied. It was a big old fat lady jumping up and down on one. Bye awshucks. Dnk is gonna have you sent away to the ROCK!) BBO |
RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
think you guys could convince my wife that i need a varmit gun? i have to use .22 or 125 gr .3006. btw i also need a .45 long colt.[8D]
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RE: Its been a long time since I bought a gun soooo
shewe....Only if you talk my wife into letting me buy a Vortex :D.
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