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I saw one of these 17 hmr last year. Must of been a prototype.
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Love mine.... tack driver out the box .....
I work harder than a ugly stripper....
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Love mine.... tack driver out the box .....
I work harder than a ugly stripper....
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During ammo shortages sometimes 17hmr is about the only thing available. If you want to eat what you shoot go for headshots.
But this year I used the new again 25-35 win with pointy bullets for wintertime jackrabbit practice.
Grandpa fought Fascists in WWII, Dad fought Communists in Vietnam. - American is meant for the middle.
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Pigs hate it when I Sneeze.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Vortex Diamnondback or Burris Fullfield? Natchez has Burris on sale right now.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Conduct is the best proof of character.
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with respect i am not impressed with a 17 HMR anymore but its good on birds , went back to my 22 K-Hornet , 22 K-hornet kills furry critters much better and if your a reloader cheaper to shoot and i don`t run out of ammo as easy..
LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman
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that was the situation with that 17 made from a 22LR years ago. guns came out and shells were nowhere to be found. i have one of those rounds. it looks like a tattoo needle.
My diploma is a DD214
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Good for you Jim. I didn’t read all the replies, but what make and model?
Mines a Savage, with a Vortex. Deadly out to about 125 yards.
Buy extra magazines if it’s a Savage.
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Thanks Ed. Thats the one I was looking at. Glad you like them.
I am MAGA.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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If you need ammo let me know via PM. I am meeting tomorrow with a south Texan member with 8 pounds of something has hasn't seen in years.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Just bought my first 17hmr. Drops big game better than any 270 ive ever used
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I finally did it.
I bought a gun that shoots a cartridge so new....that you can't find any ammo yet.
Normally I wait for a decade or two to see if the round has any staying power.
Not this time boy!
The gun is pretty new too...called a Ruger American Rimfire.
Doesn't have the boat paddle stock I am accustomed to.
The cartridge is called the 17 HMR. Anyone have one yet?
Never understood why a gun company would develop and chamber a new round...sell the guns...and not have ammo available yet.
Cutting edge stuff I guess.
Stopppppppit I opened this thinking "300 PRC." So disappointed.
What you think about, you do ... what you do, you become.
In a nation where anything goes ... eventually, everything will. We're almost there.
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When I was in Texas, I believe it was at Academy sports. The ammo was $18 a box.
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what kind of 17 hornet you got Jim ?
Ill swap you some HMR ammo for it
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Campfire Kahuna
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what kind of 17 hornet you got Jim ?
Ill swap you some HMR ammo for it Its a CZ Varminter. Had I listened to John Barsness and gotten the American instead of the Varminter....I wouldn't need a 17hmr. Oh, well....had to buy another gun!
I am MAGA.
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I want one of those CZ varmint weights........ but the SOBs quit making them
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Campfire Kahuna
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I want one of those CZ varmint weights........ but the SOBs quit making them No body makes anything interesting anymore!
I am MAGA.
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Now you need to add that 'other' newby, the .22RF and you'll be all set.
FJB & FJT
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