Broke in my 17 HMR
02-20-2007 | 11:11 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Broke in my 17 HMR
I love this gun, really fun to shoot and accurate too. I can shoot a squirel in the eye at over 50 yards. Not much of his head left tho. I use the Remington 17 grain boattail, polymer tip bullets, around $10 for 50 rounds. Haven't shot much long range yet but I have been told it does pretty good. This is gonna be fun!!
02-25-2007 | 08:31 AM
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RE: Broke in my 17 HMR
Congrats on the kill!! Nice looking yote. But I have a question. How many people actually recommend the .17hmr as a coyote round? I have a .17 myself. But the more I read, the more I find most people say its not powerful enough for coyotes, especially long range. Is there anyone that feels it is not adequate enough for coyotes? Or is the general consensus that it is enough with a well placed shot?
02-25-2007 | 11:05 AM
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From: Pirate on the river Saskatchewan
RE: Broke in my 17 HMR
ORIGINAL: rhdeerslayer
Congrats on the kill!! Nice looking yote. But I have a question. How many people actually recommend the .17hmr as a coyote round? I have a .17 myself. But the more I read, the more I find most people say its not powerful enough for coyotes, especially long range. Is there anyone that feels it is not adequate enough for coyotes? Or is the general consensus that it is enough with a well placed shot?
Congrats on the kill!! Nice looking yote. But I have a question. How many people actually recommend the .17hmr as a coyote round? I have a .17 myself. But the more I read, the more I find most people say its not powerful enough for coyotes, especially long range. Is there anyone that feels it is not adequate enough for coyotes? Or is the general consensus that it is enough with a well placed shot?
02-25-2007 | 12:49 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Elizabeth Colo. USA
RE: Broke in my 17 HMR
the little hummer can do the job on a coyote, if the shots are well placed and short ranged. The primary reason that the .17 hummer isn't used much is that most guys don't want to be forced to short only the close coyotes and they want the coyotes to be DRT. Doa lot ofcoyote callingusing the .17 hummer, and you'll be passing a lot of opportunties and will be tracking wounded coyotes!