Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires If 17HMR is so great

I use mine as a garden varmint gun and a raccoon shooter off the dumpster, think I have said this before. Took it to Wyoming last year and found it a nice midrange gun but much past 150 yards the wind is really something to tackle. Seemed pretty deadly to me on Prairie dogs and plenty accurate enough for head shooting rabbits. I haven't "abandoned" it yet but for hunting the WMA's around my area where feral hogs are a target of opportunity I like the 22 mag better. I shot a big raccoon off the dumpster a week or so ago with the 17 HMR and he ran off a hundred yards or so in the dark. Next day I found him with a quartet of black headed buzzards waiting on him to tenderize a bit more. I like that there isn't much bullet left after it hits the ground or anything for that matter.