Originally Posted by Clarkm
In 2009
I bought 11 bricks at 7 cents a shot.
I bought a 17M2 reamer.
I built tricked out 10/22 in 17M
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That rifle kept blowing up in my face.

My friends switched from ground squirrels to prairie dogs. They won't even use a 17HMR. They 223 all the way.





The 10/22 conversions to 17HM2 are notorious for firing out of battery, blowing out case rims, blowing out magazines, damaging stocks, and damaging the shooter's hands and arms with flying debris.

I did a couple of them, one with a GM barrel and one with a lined barrel, and had some success if I cleaned them often and well. I decided that my bolt guns in 17HM2 would do everything that I needed/wanted a 17HM2 to do, so I converted the 10/22s back to .22 LR and have gone blissfully on my way. They were fun to shoot, but they were demanding and I never had peace of mind using them, as I knew that if I kept shooting them I would eventually have a "KABOOM".