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I've shot 2L bottles before, and blew the to pieces, did you shoot the hollow point or the plastic tip hornadays

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Thats a great website

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We didn't have them in the old days! We had .17 Remington Centerfire. No where would a .17 Rimfire compare to it![8D]

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True, the centerfire is a smoking round, but a little too tough on squirrels for my taste:eek:

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hm maybe i shouldnt have shot my tnt;s like they where nothing i figured the hornadys would be good.. well i guess they are good enough

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I have yet to see anything reasonable that my .17 will not destroy. It is accurate to ridiculous rimfire ranges, i'm planning on taking some steel/alum. plates to shoot at for some serious penetration testing when i have the time in a week or two. When I get around to it I'll post results. I only shoot the ballistic tipped Federal/Hornady in mine. I lose about a 1/4" off my groups with the hollow points. I think its overkill for squirrels honestly though. I nailed an average sized gray squirrel at about 65-70 yards and the entry was about quarter sized, exit was from its armpit to its hind legs with all the entrails hanging out. Luckily it didnt hurt much meat though.

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Here's a little test i did of my own. V-shock ballistic tip on a beaver at 30 yards. Needle hole in the pelt and explosion on the skull. I love. Best beaver gun I have ever picked up.

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i love my 17 hmr. It is a blast to use on the prairie dogs early in the summer!

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thats a great pic, I have had the same thing with rabbits and a coon

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Lanse, this iswhat I was trying to pointout to you about the .17 Rem.. There was no such thing as .17 Rim.

As for squirrels, hell I can take as many as I want with my 35yr old Springfield.22LR...