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17hmr and auto loaders hearing rumors whats up

From what I hear it hasn't been working out too good.

A lot of exploding guns. Rimfire central has been reporting on this for a while. From what I understand, the Magnum Research ones have a port drilled in the barrel close to the chamber to vent "excess" pressure. Other guns, I believe, suffer from premature unlocking of the bolt...... which can be unpleasant.
IIRC, the pressure spike in the .17's is very much steeper than a .22 mag.

Yep...Remington took its 597 off the market, and Mag Research took their semi-auto model off too....
Ingwe

I had not heard that about Magnum Research.... interesting.

Is there any trouble with HMR barrels on the Ruger 10-22 magnum action?

The Magnum Research is a Ruger clone.... IIRC

what the heck is with you guys;I shoot my marlin .17hmr at squirels that are trying to get into my house or my garden;
you can't shoot deer with the round;who in their right mind want's an autoloader for tree rats? you guys need to get a grip;

Considering that the engineers at Remington and Magnum Research have been unable to get the 17HMR to work on a production basis and that Ruger looked at it and decided not to even try, the odds that a home built Ruger 10/17HMR will run the same risks.

Boy, you learn something new every day.

So bolt actions are for tree rats, semi-auto's are for deer hunting.....Hmmm


Sounds like your theory is like our beloved anti-hunting people stating an AR is solely for killing PEOPLE, not enjoyment or hunting. I suspect the same crowd says Handguns are also solely for Killing people, not recreational shooting , defense or hunting.


Did someone above ( besides mw) say they were deer hunting with a 17hmr? Probably more humane than a 22lr, and many deer have sucummed to them.....

Allen