17 HMR in a pistol

5mmgunguy

Does anyone make a pistol that shoots the 17 HMR or are there only revolvers?

perry shooter

Hello Kimber had a conversion unit that fit on a 1911 frame and at one time High Standard also made a conversion unit . I believe Wather also made one

clays

I have only seen the Mach II conversion kits. It is also made for the Walther P22. I have that one and it works well.

iwannausername

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=81354057

(no affiliation, etc)

Thats the only one I know of, but there really aren't any 22 mag semi auto pistols on the market either...

Mk 19

There is of course the Excel Arms Accelerator pistol, it is available in both 17 HMR and 22 mag.

http://www.excelarms.com/acceleratorpistol.html

They are also going to start production of a 17HMR and .22WMR Conversion Kit For 1911 Pistols.

http://www.excelarms.com/1911conversionkit.html

gruntled

There are also several barrels for the Thompson Contender but when I tried to post that auction page it didn't come up.

JohnStimson

Hello Perryshooter,

The .17 High Standard/Aguila round is different from the .17M2. High Standard stared early but ended up latee and missed the boat in my opinion. You don't hear much about the High Standard .17 anymore

This article shows the difference.

http://www.histandard.info/datapublic/Articles/JM17cal.pdf

High Standard did experimant with a .17 in the late 1940's or early 1950's but that project never went anywhere. It was a different cartridge from the present .17 High Standard

http://www.histandard.info/datapublic/Articles/LC177cal.pdf

Note that the .17 High Standard case length is the same as the .22 LR and the .17M2 has the longer case length of the Stinger cartridge.

Mooseyard

Anchutz makes a bolt action 17 HMR.