BigDaddyK: I have my Ruger 77/17 V/T sighted in just a tad high at 100 yards. Out just past 100 yards is where I prefer to start "using" my 17 HMR Rifle. I quit shooting at the smallest Varmints (Ground Squirrels, Weasels and the like) out nearer to 200 yards and the larger Varmints (Crows and such) I have been known to bonk clear on out to 240 yards or so on occassion. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Got mine sighted in at 30 yards. It's almost 1" high at 100 yards. I have bird feeders at 30 yards, and have to keep them "squirrel free" (grin!) Virgil B.
Thats about where mine is hitting now with CCI hp 17s.
I think just about any bullet will be accurate enough to hunt with in my 17 but I use CCI because Wal mart carries them and they are easy to get.
I was about 6 inches low at 200 yesterday shooting off the hood of my truck. Might have been tighter groups had I used a bench and sand bags. I shot 10 rounds in about a 5" group.
I have mine zeroed at 100 yards. If you're interested, http://www.rimfirecentral.com has a nice 17HMR/17HM2/22LR trajectory chart at the top of the 17HMR forum.
