Which .17 hmr?

[brushtrooper]

So the 22 mag out performs the 17 hmr?

[breadman]

have the marlin 17 heavy barrel vls and the ruger 77/17 and the both preform great my goto is the marlin have killed everything from backyard pest to realy big stuff and it has never let me down.

[TripleJ]

Savage A17, bull barrel and thumb hole stock, it is my go to hog gun. Easy ear hole shots out to 150. Have not had one run off yet! The semi auto makes it great when you have multiple coons at the feeder, you can lay them down quickly before they even know what’s happening.

[retrieverman]

I’ve put together two AR’s using Alexander Arms 17hmr uppers and have killed A BUNCH of stuff with them. Both are topped with Zeiss Conquest 4-14 scopes and are tack drivers. It’s not a cheap set up but worth the money in my opinion.

[STX_Shooter]

My Savage 93r17 with a Vortex Strike Eagle 3-18X44

[okrattler]

So the 22 mag out performs the 17 hmr?

Yes and no. With the right ammunition and shot placement you can take coyotes and bobcats out. Badgers are about the biggest animal I've known the .17hmr to kill consistently with a shot to the chest. I've killed a bobcat with one but it took 4 shots to kill it. My first shot hit it in the neck. I also killed a coyote with it with a hit to it's left lung at 60 yards. It ran about 25 yards before falling over. Both using v-max. Another time I shot a huge boar coon in the chest and he went berserk. He ran in some tall grass and back into a junk pile and I never recovered it. Also using a v-max.

My buddy and I used to have contest in the prairie dog town to see who could kill the most varmints out of a box of 50. I went either 46 or 48 once. I remember that same day I killed three starlings and wounded another with one shot. They all landed on a fence post and I shot and killed 3 right then and there. The first in line had a small hole in one side and a slightly larger one where it came out of it. The second had a slightly bigger exit wound and the third blew up. We found a clump of meat,a wing and its head. The 4th must've got hit with shrapnel or bone from the other starlings. I was using CCI .17 grain hollowpoints that day. So that may give you an idea of how rapidly those are expanding or coming apart. I believe a v-max wouldn't have made it through two of those birds.

I think a lot of it does depend on the ammunition. I have 20 grain Gamepoints I need to test out on larger bodied critters to see how they perform. Once I do I'll have other experiences to tell about and I may think they're way better than the .22mag. But for less than perfect shot opportunities where I may have to shoot through bone or hit something at a less than ideal angle the .22mag hasn't let me down. I'm not saying I haven't lost animals with it because I have. But it was due to my choice of ammo and not hitting them where I needed to with that type of ammunition or the choice of ammunition as a whole. 30 grain v-max in the .22mag is fine for prairie dogs but too frangible for bigger animals. FMJ's in either cartridge aren't a good choice. I learned that the hard way.

In the accuracy department at longer distances I give the advantage to the .17hmr. For shooting a large raccoon on up to a coyote I believe the .22mag is more adequate. 40 or 45 grain bullets are best for that application. The smaller more fragile bullets need to hit the brain or neck. There's a lot of valuable stuff in both spots. Hit a shoulder with a light,fast,frangible bullet and you may have a surface splash and never recover that animal. But I'll say that for both cartridges.

On another note the .17WSM smokes both of those cartridges.

[BigOh!]

Marlin, bull barrel, giant Nikon, V max
Custom camo job lol.. best beater ranch rifle i have..
I love shooting it, and ammo isn't hard to find..
I've had mine since they came out...

[Quackerbox]

So the 22 mag out performs the 17 hmr?

In my experience no. Not at all. Mine is the opposite of rattler. I've only ever shot the 17 grain and 237 yards on a large bird was a bang flop.

I wasnt sure about hogs but tried it at a junction lease. Same effect. Mostly ear hole shots but I did get one about 60# that took a step and was hit behind the shoulder. Went about 10 yards and fell over

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[Mconner]

Ruger American rum fire bull barrel suppressed is a great varmint control gun. Mine stacks vmaxs at 100yards have not shot further yet. Killed a few yotes too.

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[trophy8]

Cz457 or a Ruger 77/17

[bowmansdad]

Another vote for the Savage 93 bull barrel, still shooting it with the cheap scope it came with, deadly accurate.

[okrattler]

I shot these several years ago with mostly rimfire. .17hmr and .22mag and probably a few were shot with a .22lr. I think there was like 12 badgers in there but couldn't get them all in the picture. I know I ran up on a few of those and popped them with a .22lr but most were taken with the .17hmr and .22mag. 40 grain hp in the .22mag and .17gr. V-Max were used. Only had two raccoons get away after being shot that Winter. Made $800 from the fur buyer.

[BiggieSmalls]

I freaking love my 93r! Its my go to for the Ranger and the blind when I don't want to scare everything off popping a yote or pig with the deer around. It's fun a hell to shoot too!

[175gr7.62]

20gr Hornady XTP at 80yds. 153lb boar. His back legs kicked a few times.


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[TxDuSlayer]

My Savage 93r17 with a Vortex Strike Eagle 3-18X44

that is sweet looking rifle, I know you said it's a 93r17 but what exact model do you have? is that a bull barrel on it? Again awesome looking rifle.