Reloder 28,
What 260Remguy said.
Most people don't hunt tree squirrels or bunny rabbits in Montana, even though we have plenty of both in the right areas, but a .17 Mach 2 does the job on either better than anything I've ever tried, because of accuracy and trajectory. Even a relatively affordable rifle like my CZ 452 will put 5 (not just 3) Hornady V-Maxes into less than half an inch at 50 yards, and the trajectory's so flat you can hold right on a squirrel's head or a rabbit's eye from 25-100 yards.
Ammo is more expensive than regular .22, but not by much anymore. The only problem is ammo availability, which is indeed spotty. When I asked Hornady about continued ammo production they say they're totally committed to the HM2, but if for some reason ammo becomes impossible to find I'll just handload my .17 Hornady Hornet with 20-grain V-Maxes and 7.0 grains of Accurate 5744, which duplicates .17 HM2 velocity and accuracy.
