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.17HRM vs. 5MM Rem

hslaterprycehslaterpryce Member Posts: 927 ✭✭✭✭
edited June 2003 in Ask the Experts
Everyone now compares the .17HRM to the .22Mag. I know how hard it is to come by the old Rem 5mm, but how do the ballistics compare to that round? FPS, trajectory, energy etc? I have MANY 5MM's and lots of ammo that I wouldn't trade for anything, but I am kicking around the idea of getting the .17 IF it buys me anything significant in performance.

Thanks for your time and help with your answers!!
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  • jetjet Member Posts: 543 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    5mm jhp 38 grs 2105 fps muzzel,1609 100 yds 1229 200 yds
    energy 374 ft lbs muzzel, 218 100 yds,127 200 yds
    isbn 0-87691-290-0
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  • jetjet Member Posts: 543 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    drop=4.7 inch at 100 yards
    time in flight 100 yds .163,200 yds .378 seconds
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  • groundhog devastationgroundhog devastation Member Posts: 4,495
    edited November -1
    hslaterpryce, I never got to shoot any of the 5mm's but if they had been as awesome as the 17HMR they wouldn't be relegated to the obsolete bin!! If you have a bunch of ammo and a bunch of guns, you could either sell them at terribly inflated prices or shoot up the ammo! I would probably opt to sell a few boxes of ammo and get yourself a 17VS Marlin or the Savage 93/17 heavy barrel or a CZ or a 597 or an Anshutz or any other myriad of guns chambered for the 17!! Notice a big difference here? If the 5mm had been such a hit, then other companies would have jumped on it and chambered rifles for it! The 17 HMR is simply the most amazing rimfire to ever be developed!! It's not made to shoot elephants with but for varmints it is as the box says, "EXTREME"!! Try one! You'll never go back!! The sheer accuracy will astound you! GHD
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  • ohioghogohioghog Member Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ghd; you keep talking like that and i will have to buy one[:p]
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  • groundhog devastationgroundhog devastation Member Posts: 4,495
    edited November -1
    ohioghog, I've got 2 of em now!!! Thinking about getting one in Savage Striker!!! 10 inch barrel still giving 2200fps!!! Talk about a truck gun!!! By the way, the 243 Ackley is coming around!!! Forming brass and shooting some for the second time using new fireformed cases, have given 4 different groups under .2!!! I beleive it may see some action in the groundhog fields soon! Will save the long stuff for the 25-06 though!![:D][:D][:D]GHD
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