06-16-2007, 10:15 PM
Anybody own one of these and if so what do you think about them? It is a 17 HMR made by Savage
![[Image: 93r17BTVS.jpg]](http://www.savagearms.com/images/rimfire/17rem/93r17BTVS.jpg)
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06-18-2007, 04:08 PM
I don't have any first hand info about the .17 but a couple of friends have them and they say it is a very accurate rifle and is very good for rabbits and other small animals. WH2
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06-19-2007, 04:39 AM
I have one, not as nice as that (mine is just a regular barrel with black plastic stock), but very accurate. On smaller animals it takes a head shot or you will ruin meat. Shells are at least $8.50 a box (for 50), so mine doesn't get used as much. I like it, but my $99 savage MK II will shoot just about as good out to about 75 yards(dime size and quarter size is still a dead rabbit), and I have never shot any small game past that distance anyway, and the extra $90 (about the difference between the my two) will buy a lot of .22lr.
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06-19-2007, 10:26 PM
Check out my post on the Wyoming board "My new toy" it is about my .17 HMR, but mine is a Marlin. Great gun, verry accurate for quite a long ways. Only drawback is that the ammo is not cheap. But with the accuaracy I found I actually use less ammo anyway compared to my old 10-22 so its probably a wash in my opinion.
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