My Marlin 17 HMR is very accurate. The ballistic tip style bullets shoot dime size 5 shot groups at 100 yds. The CCI hollow points not so much. The longest kill I've made with mine was a big groundhog at 153 laser verified yards. Shot him while he was standing 3 feet from his hole. He never made it an inch closer. No exit wound, but good performance.
Ron
