F23Blackwidow2
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As we all know, any serious match or target shooter worth their salt reloads their own ammo. But since reloading rimfire ammo is impossible, so we are stuck buying highly priced Elly ammo if we want to shoot great groups at anything over 50 yards. But that ammo is both expensive and hard to find! Heck, regular .22 is hard to find!! And if you're hunting, anything over 75 yards is not a shot you should be taking, and even that's a stretch.
So, what happens if your squirrel (or bud light mix-a-rita in my case) is past 100? How about 125? Or even 150? Well, if you're me, you put down your Mossberg .22lr, and pick up with your Marlin VRX-17. Rack the bolt, aim, pull the trigger, repeat 4x. 2 at 125y and 2 at 150y. And the most impressive part? They exploded just like they did at 50 yards. A tin can noticeably smaller than a soda can hit at 150y with a gun sighted for 50y. Pretty impressive. With neasured sub .5 inch groups at 50y all day thanks to the bull barrel I have, this gun is the most accurate stock gun I have ever fired. Period.
Another great thing about .17hmr is its availability. Yup, you read that right. It's available in almost every store I go to, and I believe it's because people aren't hoarding it like we tend to hoard .22 and .556/.223. The people who shoot .17 are few and far between, but there's enough of us to make enough shops carry it. And all of the ammo is top of the line, pretty much match grade. Tolerances are incredibly tight, as shown by the accuracy. And at ~$16 a box of 50, for the grade of ammo you're getting, it's a steal.
And it is devastating when it makes contact. The damage a hollow point .22 does at 25y to a soda can is noticeably less compared to the damage on the cans at 150y with the .17hmr. Remember, KE=.5mv^2. Velocity is more important (to a point), than mass. And a .17hmr has the same velocity at 200y that a .22 at the muzzle (per back of the box of of Hornady .17hmr 17grain varmint rounds and CCI mini mags).
Which brings me to my last point. Whatever you do, don't buy a .17hmr. I need all the ammo I can't get!!!!!
F23
So, what happens if your squirrel (or bud light mix-a-rita in my case) is past 100? How about 125? Or even 150? Well, if you're me, you put down your Mossberg .22lr, and pick up with your Marlin VRX-17. Rack the bolt, aim, pull the trigger, repeat 4x. 2 at 125y and 2 at 150y. And the most impressive part? They exploded just like they did at 50 yards. A tin can noticeably smaller than a soda can hit at 150y with a gun sighted for 50y. Pretty impressive. With neasured sub .5 inch groups at 50y all day thanks to the bull barrel I have, this gun is the most accurate stock gun I have ever fired. Period.
Another great thing about .17hmr is its availability. Yup, you read that right. It's available in almost every store I go to, and I believe it's because people aren't hoarding it like we tend to hoard .22 and .556/.223. The people who shoot .17 are few and far between, but there's enough of us to make enough shops carry it. And all of the ammo is top of the line, pretty much match grade. Tolerances are incredibly tight, as shown by the accuracy. And at ~$16 a box of 50, for the grade of ammo you're getting, it's a steal.
And it is devastating when it makes contact. The damage a hollow point .22 does at 25y to a soda can is noticeably less compared to the damage on the cans at 150y with the .17hmr. Remember, KE=.5mv^2. Velocity is more important (to a point), than mass. And a .17hmr has the same velocity at 200y that a .22 at the muzzle (per back of the box of of Hornady .17hmr 17grain varmint rounds and CCI mini mags).
Which brings me to my last point. Whatever you do, don't buy a .17hmr. I need all the ammo I can't get!!!!!
F23
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