The only gun (so far) I’ve recovered from
WB
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 16:39 (1929 days ago)
My mothers estate. Slim chance of more. I like this one though. Sure GNR thinks I’m nuts but it’s good for varmints around here. No ricochets! Hit a twig, blade of heavy grass etc, the bullet disintegrates. I clocked the 17 gr. Pills out of this 7-shot 6-1/2” at 2000 fps. Hits dead on at 100 yds, no hold over, and I got 2” 50 yd. groups.
Never heard any real praise about the Rugers so chambered and nothing but for the .17 HMR Taurus’. They are not cheap and I found the original box and this nice vintage shoulder rig. Better than nothing!
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My anti is simply from a builders perspective.
Gary Reeder
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 16:54 (1929 days ago) @ WB
We built the very first 17 HMR revolver for Steve Hornady and had a helluva time getting it to be accurate. We changed barrel twists 3 or 4 times before I got it to shoot right. Plus out here where the wind blows most of the time, getting that little 17 grain bullet to be accurate was a pain. That is the main reason we don't build any 17 caliber guns. The Taurus revolvers are excellent guns and that Tracker should be a good varmint gun.
SW IDAHO WIND DOES A JOB ON .17s
JT
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 21:27 (1929 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
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when we first moved out here I built 2 varmint guns, both
gary reeder
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 22:10 (1929 days ago) @ JT
Winchester model 70 actions with heavy barrels chambered in 22-250 Improved. The Improved version was so I could shoot the heavier bullets. I put Burris 8X32X40 scopes and at 32 power I could see what the prairie dogs had for lunch.
I learned to dope the wind by aiming 2 dogs to one side, or 3 dogs to one side or if they were way out there and standing up put the horizontal crosshair flat on top of their heads. I would pull my Jeep out to the edge of a big prairie dog town, set my sandbags on the hood, lay my spotting scope beside it (although at my scope's 32 power I rarely used the spotting scope. I would take a couple hundred rounds of ammo with me and seldom took any home. Even with about a 90% kill ratio I never even made a dent in the dogs.
A not to heed for any .17 shooter, wind indeed.
WB
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Tuesday, May 04, 2021, 05:53 (1928 days ago) @ gary reeder
I have a Savage rifle, heavy barrel with sleeved action and laminated thumbhole stock. Honestly with a calm day it will shoot 1/4" groups at 100 yds. and about any 17 gr. ammo you can find. Add some wind and it opens to 1.5-2". Boy what a difference. I seemingly am no good at doping wind, it's best for me to just go home.
But for a handgun it shoots to it's effective range, about 100 yds., so flat and accurate. No worry about a bullet bouncing into the next county. It does not have the poop of the the .22 WMR but is the full ballistic twin of a .17 Mach II rifle. I'd probably not buy one outright but it is fun since it's here. Now to pray the ammo comes back! I also have a .17 HMR 14" TC that is great practice for my GNR big bores as to trajectory and range. Given the wind limitations mentioned.
Fun is where you find it. I have the process of getting a master combination to my Cannon safe that has had the digital combination changed without my knowledge. It will be my last digital combination safe I ever buy. I have very little hope of anything at all remaining inside but I need it anyway, so I can get it's use back. I sure need it back.
What caliber is stamped on the barrel &
backroadsrambler
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Wednesday, May 05, 2021, 09:59 (1927 days ago) @ WB
how long is it? Thanks!
what barrel are you talking about?
charlie A.
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Wednesday, May 05, 2021, 13:38 (1927 days ago) @ backroadsrambler
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I find the blast of a .22-250 ferocious!
WB
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Tuesday, May 04, 2021, 07:04 (1928 days ago) @ gary reeder
It's like getting slapped in the face with a wet towel when it goes off. I'd almost rather be kicked. I had a 15" braked .22-250 AI handgun once. Gosh! It was way more than I could handle. Roman even exclaimed "Boy dad, that's not even fun".
Not a bit of difference between it and the .220 Swift from what I can see. It's likely more efficient than the Swift. I just don't like a stick of dynamite going off a few feet in front of my face. BOOM!
you're a pussy. Colleen shoots her 22-250 Improved quite
Gary Reeder
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Tuesday, May 04, 2021, 12:41 (1928 days ago) @ WB
often as do Kase and I and none of us have ever complained nor noticed the blast as far as I know. I have probably shot 5000 rounds thru mine, maybe more and never noticed any blast. The barrel is 24" long so it is over 2 feet from your face. In a pistol there probably is a blast but not that I have felt in a rifle.
Yes, and yes. It was 14" with a brake.
WB
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Thursday, May 06, 2021, 06:25 (1926 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
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.17 Tracker
D. Huey
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 22:48 (1929 days ago) @ WB
I have one and enjoy shooting it-- shot a couple of rabbits( missed more) here near Tucson.