17gr vmax in mine, but honestly way less than impressed with on game performance. Shot 3 different groundhogs that took off towards their holes.
One I found wounded and shot it twice more to kill it.
I’m not much on wounding anything be it pest, varmint, predator etc. went back to 55gr vmax and .223 for my garden defense. I’ve tried to love the .17hmr, having owned them in Cooper, Anschutz and Tikka.
Got my Tikka in an auction now. Think I’m done with it.
I have never warmed up to the 17 HMR. Many like it and I can understand why, just not me. What I do like a lot is the 17 HM2. Great Squirrel caliber without being over kill and very accurate on paper. If I need to shoot something bigger than a Squirrel I reach for my 22 mag.
Since at times we seem to have a stray dog problem and we have chickens, a 40gr. Win. HP works every time. Never had a dog crawl off.
