.17 HMR

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I sold my Savage .22 mag due mainly to the price of the ammo lately and bought a Savage .17 HMR. Cabelas is selling Hornady 17 gr 50 rounds for $11.99 a box right now. I just bought 1000 rounds in case that rimfire goes the way 22LR and 22 Mag has.
If I see it getting harder to find I'm ordering another 1000 rounds...call that hoarding if you like but this time around I'm getting in early.
 
Cheaper too! I have only shot around 100 shots with this rifle but wow is it accurate. I hit a woodchuck through the shoulders at 90 yrs a lot of damage from that little 17 g r bullet not much less than what my 223 would have done.
 
I bought a savage93/17 with bull barrel. A great shooting rifle. 1/2' @ 50 is possible.

I have hunted squirrels with it. Be sure to take head shots......

One sweet rifle. i got the Accutrigger down to 1.5 lbs

Been paying $13.99 per 50 for about a year. The CCI 17 made for savage shoot the smallest groups. Cleaning the barrel improved accuracy. Enjoy!
 
cleaning is another thing, bought a .17 caliber rod and a brush then run a .17 Bore Snake thru barrel not much room in there for patches.
 
For cleaning the .17 HMR, I didn't have much success with a rod. Too difficult to get a patch through. I changed to the Otis cleaning system that makes it much easier to get patches through the barrel. Works great IMO.
 
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