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17HMR pistol accuracy?
mbsams
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I am looking at the Ruger Hunter 7 1/2 in barrel and the Taurus with a 12 inch barrel - Anyone have these? What kind of accuracy do they have at 100yds with a scope? How about velocity?
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There is not enough velocity loss to worry about..
What I am saying is that with the CCI's they passed through leaving little holes and the squirls made it back to their holes. That is the only cailber I have really had that problem with. On .22 it dumps their energy in the squirl killing them. Most of the other calibers I use the squirls come apart and head in several different directions.
I have the 8.x" bbl Taurus. It is pretty accurate, but I have not shot it at 100 yards. What are you planning on doing with it? I pretty much stoped shooting varminits with it when it failed to kill 2 ground squirls. I was shooting the CCI TNT's at the time, and I am not impressed. I will only shoot the Hornadys now. Both squirls were on the same day at a distance of about 20 feet.
so you are sayin that you hit two ground sqirrels @ 20 feet and a 17 HMR didnt kill them???
Like with anything else, its about shot placement.
If you can kill a squirrel with a 5.1 grain .17 BB at 650 fps from an air rifle. . .then you can kill a squirrel with a 17 grain .17 bullet at 1600 fps.
Like with anything else, its about shot placement.
that's what i thought.......
Try shooting them in the front, insted of in the A**....
Thankyou and Godbless