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12/11/13 10:48 PM
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MaddCow
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Light Foot
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How is the 17hmr for coyotes and smaller game? Is there much pelt damage?
Say coyotes under 150 yards, will it work?
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Re: 17hmr
[Re: MaddCow]
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12/12/13 02:16 AM
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panther89
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@ 150yrds I would use a 223 instead of 17hmr
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Re: 17hmr
[Re: panther89]
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12/12/13 02:22 AM
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blackcoal
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hit them in the head there will not be any pelt damage. Guess question might be, How good a shot are you and why shoot them at 150 yds?
The Greatest Enemy of knowledge is not ignorance,
it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
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Re: 17hmr
[Re: blackcoal]
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12/12/13 04:23 AM
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Pittstate
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At 100 yards and in, the 22 mag is sweet and does little damage. I have killed a couple yotes with my .17hmr, but I had to track one and the other ran 50 yards or more. The 22 mag in the slates puts them down before 20 yards.
There is a new rim fire round out called the 17 win mag. Savage is the only gun maker to have it so far (Savage B Mag). I have one ordered after shooting a friends. Pretty flat out to 200 yard with only 1 inch of drift at 150 yards with 10 mph wind.
Hope this helps.
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Re: 17hmr
[Re: Pittstate]
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12/12/13 04:27 AM
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Steve
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Steve
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Re: 17hmr
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12/12/13 11:26 AM
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MaddCow
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Looked at the 17wsm as well. Ammo was impossible to find at the online sites I looked at. Don't want to be stuck in the same boat as I am with 22lr.
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Re: 17hmr
[Re: MaddCow]
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12/13/13 03:04 PM
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pinkmist black hog down
Woodsman
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I use 223/ 5.56 for everything from rabbit to deer. Shot placement is key in both killing them on first shot and total damage done to pelt/ meat. Shoot em in the head!
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Re: 17hmr
[Re: pinkmist black hog down]
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12/13/13 03:12 PM
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daniel1381
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I got a 22 hornet I need to sight in and get blood on will try it on yotes in jan
"From my cold dead hands"
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
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Re: 17hmr
[Re: pinkmist black hog down]
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12/13/13 03:13 PM
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furdown
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at 150 yards if there is no wind to push that little fragment of a bullet around and you can hit em in the head then your good. If you have any wind then its a crap shoot. I bought one and was told it would be a crappy round by my dad, that I should have bought a 22 mag. He was right. That little hummer didn't like any wind, it it was calm it would shoot. I bought a 22 mag and got rid of it. If your going to go with a rimfire then get a 22 mag, or just get a 223 and be done
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