Good choice it is a classic and a well balanced little cartridge. But once you have the small caliber bug you will want two so you might as well get a matched pair of Coopers withe the second in 17 Rem. Just think how much you will save in postage alone if they ship at the same time. Me I shoot the HMR and Rem. you will probably want to get the HMR or an HM2 as well. Hows that for being an enabler?

"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli