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RE: .17 HMR
 

Congrats on the new rifle. What do you plan to hunt with it or is it just for target shooting? I' d love to have one, but can' t justify it. Here in Arkansas, we don' t have much to use it on. Anything stronger than a .22 long rifle is overkill for squirrel and rabbits.

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There a blast, a bit expensive to shoot but a blast. Ill use mine on any small game (head shots if u plan on eating it). i WONT use mine on coyotes i think its just to small and other cartridges are better for yotes. I want to take some crows with it in the fields this fall, Oklahoma has a ton of crows. Hope your enjoying the new rifle trail, nice talking to you in chatroom also. :)

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I have considered getting one to hunt squirrels. Of course it would have to be head shots. It would also work great on the neighbors cat that keeps getting on the car. That wouldn' t be an overkill would it????

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there is no such thing as overkill on a cat.....EVER:D

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One shot in the lungs and its down! [8D]

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Would the 17HMR be a decent gun for coon or would a 22Mag be the better choice? I may try calling coon this year and I' m looking at buying a new gun. Would the 17HMR have too much fur damage?

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rivers edge, I' d say the 22 mag. would do real good on called in coons, would the .17hmr be too much, I' d guess so at close range, but I have never shot a coon with a .17, so I' m just guessing!

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Guys in my shop have been shooting .17HMR all summer. No pass throughs on ground hogs or coyotes from 50yds to 305yds(except head shots). That little bullet is excellent. Much better than 22 mag. Accuracy is incredible, most guns shoot under 1/2" at 100yds. It does need cleaned after about each box of ammo. We use boresnakes and it works great.

Ammo is a little high (about $10 here), but remember it is loaded to extreme tolerances. About like olympic grade rimfire.

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I intend to get one of those as well!! Awesome little round with the accuracy that would put a smile on anyone' s face from what I hear!!;)

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I wasn' t going to share this but...............back to the cat shooting. We have...correction,.....had.....two cats that were wild that kept getting in the garage and walking all over my Jeeps. I couldn' t take it anymore. The first cat I shot with my Marlin 17 I hit it in the shoulder and it went down instantly. It made a hole the size of a grapefruit on the exit.The shot was 80 yards. The other cat was a big tomcat. I decided to shoot this one in the head. I got within 60 yards of the cat and put the crosshairs square in the back of the head, pulled the trigger and it collapsed on impact. Afterwards I reflected on what I did and felt horrible. [>:]

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If they where true feral cats, i wouldnt feel to bad about it. Cats will kill squirrels and rabbits for the he** of it, not just for food. From your post it sounds like the hummer gave them an honest no pain funeral. Now if they where your neighbors cats on the other hand [:' (]

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No, No, these were true feral cats. Mangie and half starved looking feral cats.

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heck if they where the neighbors cats they should stay at the neigbors, way to go grumpy:D:D;)

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Cats multiply like rabbits around here. Somebody has got to keep the population in check. The owners don' t care and the animal control aint doing much.

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In that case nothing to feel sorry about.