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Re: Rimfire Accuracy...expectations?
« Reply #20 on: August 25, 2009, 09:58:40 PM »
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Re: Rimfire Accuracy...expectations?
« Reply #21 on: August 25, 2009, 11:13:07 PM »
even something like a less then 150 bolt gun from savage or marlin will shoot under a inch at 50 yds.  its just amatter of finding the right ammo for it.  I've seen lots of $1000+  10/22 that will shoot bigger groups then the a 120 savage right out of the box. 
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Re: Rimfire Accuracy...expectations?
« Reply #22 on: August 26, 2009, 06:09:01 AM »
Here is my plug for the 17HMR.  I spent some time with my Dads Henry Golden Boy in 17hmr and fell in love.  At 50 yards with Iron sights in teh prone with no rests or bags I was hittin about 2" groups.  I can imagine a scope, bbenchrest, and good ammo could cut that in half.  Now that I have shot that gun which is no long range varm rifle...i want to shoot a 17HMR made for killin groundhogs at long distances.  This round is slowly becoming one of my favorites.

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Re: Rimfire Accuracy...expectations?
« Reply #23 on: August 26, 2009, 08:57:15 AM »
.17HMR - A friend and I went out with his new .17 bolt gun, he'd just got it sighted in at the range with a nice Nikon scope that went up to something like 16X, and we were just out for some shooting / squirrel and rodent hunting.  After listening to his tales of how amazingly flat shooting it was for 20 minutes, and our not seeing anything, he decided to drop a crow off the top of a telephone pole about 20 yards in front of us.  I saw a poof of feathers from the center of the bird, and we watched it fly away!  He quickly tried to quench my laughter with shooting at another crow in the top of a tree (bout 40 yards this time).  I didnt see feathers fly, but the crow kinda fell off the limb.  Before he TOOK FLIGHT!  Both flew well away out of eye sight!  Later in the day he''d shot three chipmunks in all.  One we couldnt find (ran away?), one was still alive and struggling to crawl away with a hole in his neck, and one was a clean kill with a heart shot.

I think it was about 3 weeks before he was telling me about trading that rifle in on an Anschutze .22.  He'd done more hunting with the .17HMR, and the results were much the same as our trip together.

Cant help but notice a good number of very nice looking .17 caliber rifles on the used rack everytime I visit shops.

They DO look good on a ballistics chart.  Guess it just depends what your using it for.

He DID also have tales of blowing apart a ground hogs head with the .17 before getting rid of it.   :-\

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Re: Rimfire Accuracy...expectations?
« Reply #24 on: August 27, 2009, 02:47:49 AM »
Now these are some squirrel guns.  Wish I had even one quarter this talent.
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Re: Rimfire Accuracy...expectations?
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Re: Rimfire Accuracy...expectations?
« Reply #25 on: August 27, 2009, 07:04:58 AM »
Now these are some squirrel guns.  Wish I had even one qurter this talent.
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=295026

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Re: Rimfire Accuracy...expectations?
« Reply #26 on: August 27, 2009, 07:13:37 AM »
Yeah, WOW!

That man has SKILLS!  Beutiful work!

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Re: Rimfire Accuracy...expectations?
« Reply #27 on: August 27, 2009, 01:43:09 PM »
.17HMR - A friend and I went out with his new .17 bolt gun, he'd just got it sighted in at the range with a nice Nikon scope that went up to something like 16X, and we were just out for some shooting / squirrel and rodent hunting.  After listening to his tales of how amazingly flat shooting it was for 20 minutes, and our not seeing anything, he decided to drop a crow off the top of a telephone pole about 20 yards in front of us.  I saw a poof of feathers from the center of the bird, and we watched it fly away!  He quickly tried to quench my laughter with shooting at another crow in the top of a tree (bout 40 yards this time).  I didnt see feathers fly, but the crow kinda fell off the limb.  Before he TOOK FLIGHT!  Both flew well away out of eye sight!  Later in the day he''d shot three chipmunks in all.  One we couldnt find (ran away?), one was still alive and struggling to crawl away with a hole in his neck, and one was a clean kill with a heart shot.

I think it was about 3 weeks before he was telling me about trading that rifle in on an Anschutze .22.  He'd done more hunting with the .17HMR, and the results were much the same as our trip together.

Cant help but notice a good number of very nice looking .17 caliber rifles on the used rack everytime I visit shops.

They DO look good on a ballistics chart.  Guess it just depends what your using it for.

He DID also have tales of blowing apart a ground hogs head with the .17 before getting rid of it.   :-\



I don't know how to break this to you, BM, but those shots at the crows were kinda stupid, doncha think?  In case you are unaware of the laws of physics, a projectile that is fired into the air is going to come down SOMEPLACE.  I only hope your dumbass friend's rounds didn't strike and kill somebody's little kid a mile or so away from where you are.  That's why NORMAL people use shotguns for birds.
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Re: Rimfire Accuracy...expectations?
« Reply #28 on: August 27, 2009, 03:10:44 PM »
He lives in a valley in KY, and ownes all the property around...  Unless the mighty .17 goes through mountains....

Off your high horse.

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Re: Rimfire Accuracy...expectations?
« Reply #29 on: August 27, 2009, 03:26:30 PM »
He lives in a valley in KY, and ownes all the property around...  Unless the mighty .17 goes through mountains....

Off your high horse.


Kentucky.  Explains a lot.  ;D

And it's NICE up here.  ;D ;D
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