Yep, my shoulder starts to hurt after a few hundred .17 Remingtons. Of course, if I wasn’t too cheap to fit a Limb Saver….
My other comment is that if you already have a .204 Ruger, you’ve got a rifle that can shoot either 32’s (basically the same trajectory and wind drift as 25’s in the .17 Remington) or 40’s, with noticeably less wind-drift than any .17 Remington load. The .17 Fireball is a very useful round for when the wind isn’t blowing so hard on PD towns, or when shooting gophers anytime.
