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Ruger 17 Hornet availibility #6518120 05/19/12
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,534 RETIRED in Oregon, USA vbshootinrange OP Campfire Outfitter
OP vbshootinrange Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,534 RETIRED in Oregon, USA	Anyone heard when Ruger will introduce the 77 in 17 Hornet??? Have a chance to pick up a used Ruger 22 Hornet, but would rather have a factory rifle without the expense of re-barreling. Thanks! Virgil B. Last edited by vbshootinrange; 05/19/12. Reason: spellin

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Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility vbshootinrange #6518170 05/19/12
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Likes: 1 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Likes: 1 Southwestern Montucky	No rumors with any meat to them yet... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility ingwe #6519125 05/19/12
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orion03 Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,323 SE Nebraska	Have seen plenty of ammo, but no rifles yet. `Bring Enough Gun`

Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility orion03 #6519165 05/19/12
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,100 TENNESSEE M moore Campfire Regular
moore Campfire Regular M Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,100 TENNESSEE	No rifles have I seen You can shear a sheep many times.But you can only skin him once!

Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility moore #6519240 05/19/12
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,932 Between somewhere and nowhere M MissouriEd Campfire Tracker
MissouriEd Campfire Tracker M Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,932 Between somewhere and nowhere	17 is a dead duck anyway. Beware of thieves, scammers and dishonest members on the "Fire" classifieds. Ya there is a thief here too. Whatever!! They're all around the CampFire and everywhere.

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Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility MissouriEd #6519259 05/19/12
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jim62 Campfire Tracker J Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,978	Originally Posted by AlabamaEd 17 is a dead duck anyway. WTF ever.. Last edited by jim62; 05/19/12. To all gunmaker critics- "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.."- Teddy Roosevelt

Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility jim62 #6519402 05/19/12
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,932 Between somewhere and nowhere M MissouriEd Campfire Tracker
MissouriEd Campfire Tracker M Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,932 Between somewhere and nowhere	Originally Posted by jim62 Originally Posted by AlabamaEd 17 is a dead duck anyway. WTF ever.. A ton of 17 center fires been introduced, none been successful yet. WTF ever?? Beware of thieves, scammers and dishonest members on the "Fire" classifieds. Ya there is a thief here too. Whatever!! They're all around the CampFire and everywhere.

Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility MissouriEd #6519737 05/19/12
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,161 Likes: 13 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna
Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,161 Likes: 13 Banana Belt, Montana	Actually, the .17 centerfires have been doing OK the past few years, partly because of the success of the .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire. But demand is enough that more bullet companies are making .17 caliber bullets for handloading. Just a few years ago Hornady was the only major bullet maker doing .17's, and now there's also Berger and Nosler. I wouldn't be totally surprised to see another company join them in the next year or two. As a result even the original .17 Remington is making a comeback here and there, and there are quite a few fans of the .17 Fireball. The .17's are specialized varmint rounds, so never will be universal like the .223 or .22-250, chambered constantly in any company's line. But there's enough demand that special runs will be made now and then, much like special runs are made of other rounds such as the 6mm Remington, .257 Roberts, 7x57 Mauser and .358 Winchester. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility Mule Deer #6520517 05/20/12
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jt402 Campfire Regular J Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,691	#1 SIL is trying to establish a bird shooting ranch. Part of the process is to thin out the predators. He is very scccessfully using a .17 Remington on baited and called coyotes at night. Shots are usually 100 or less and the little .17 melts coyotes (and works on coons also.) jack "Do not blame Caesar, blame the people...who have...rejoiced in their loss of freedom....Blame the people who hail him when he speaks of the 'new, wonderful, good, society'...to mean ,..living fatly at the expense of the industrious." Cicero

Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility jt402 #6520685 05/20/12
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,534 RETIRED in Oregon, USA vbshootinrange OP Campfire Outfitter
OP vbshootinrange Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,534 RETIRED in Oregon, USA	Deal fell through on my used Hornet purchase. But, I NEED a 17 Hornet. Gotta wait 'till Ruger brings one out on the 77. (kicks toe in dirt!) That will give me more time to save for another Leupold scope anyway. Virgil B.

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Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility Mule Deer #6521381 05/20/12
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,932 Between somewhere and nowhere M MissouriEd Campfire Tracker
MissouriEd Campfire Tracker M Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,932 Between somewhere and nowhere	I stand corrected, I think! Beware of thieves, scammers and dishonest members on the "Fire" classifieds. Ya there is a thief here too. Whatever!! They're all around the CampFire and everywhere.

Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility MissouriEd #6521471 05/20/12
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,161 Likes: 13 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna
Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,161 Likes: 13 Banana Belt, Montana	Well, it's not like the .17's are flying off shelves! But the rifle market has changed over the past few years, in part thanks to CNC machinery. Manufacturers can make smaller batches of rifles (and probably ammo and brass) without so much time getting eaten up in factory change-over costs. As a result they can make a profit on smaller runs, so don't have to sell 25,000 rifles in a given chambering each year to make a profit. This is also the reason distributors like Lipsey's can offer small runs of what would have once been special-order items, whether Ruger No. 1's in 6.5x55 or Blackhawks in .44 Special. As a result the definition of "commercial success" for both firearms and ammunition has changed. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Ruger 17 Hornet availibility Mule Deer #6521627 05/20/12
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 10,011 Likes: 1 J Jericho Campfire Outfitter
Jericho Campfire Outfitter J Joined: May 2002 Posts: 10,011 Likes: 1	Isnt Savage making 17 Hornets also? I see 17HMRs everywhere, but only see 17 Rems every blue moon.

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