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Recommendations on a .17 HMR?
PEARL DRUMS:
I believe 22LR AND 17HMR ammo is back to normal pricing and availability. Last I knew 22 mag ammo was the high ticket item. I bought hundreds of rounds years ago and wont need any for another decade. Unless...............zombies and/or crackheads attack! Its one shot one kill with that gun in hand, better watch it zombies.
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: willie on November 27, 2017, 06:02:52 pm ---Those are some nice rifles you guys are talking about, but
--- Quote ---she is perpetually broke.
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22 LR seems about right, and easier to clean and cheaper to feed than a 17
or could it be that.....
she wants you to take her to the gun store (you missed black Friday >:()
or maybe she just wants you to come over and shoot them for her
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.22 LR is a lot slower and has poorer ballistics, so it is dropping more rapidly after 100 yds. With the .17 having superior speed and flatter trajectory she will have to spend less on ammo learning Kentucky windage and elevation.
And as for her having me come out and be her "shooting buddy"....let's say her mixed martial arts tournament rolling cauliflowered eared husband might have other expectations and the like. He's a really nice guy and all, but I learned the hard way to fist bump rather than shake his hand. After all, I have grown attached to my right hand and I like to be able to use it!
mullet:
--- Quote from: DC on November 27, 2017, 01:11:00 pm ---This is interesting. I thought .22 was the smallest calibre there was. .17 was an air rifle as far as I knew. Learn something new every day. I haven't shot for 40 years so maybe they snuck it in recently.
DC, the HMR is a pellet on steroids. ;D
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JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: mullet on November 28, 2017, 02:02:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: DC on November 27, 2017, 01:11:00 pm ---This is interesting. I thought .22 was the smallest calibre there was. .17 was an air rifle as far as I knew. Learn something new every day. I haven't shot for 40 years so maybe they snuck it in recently.
DC, the HMR is a pellet on steroids. ;D
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Pellet on steroids! HA! I would add it seems to be on 'speed', too.
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DC:
When I was a kid we used to double up on the powder in our .22 LR. Don't know how fast it went but it sounded fast to us.
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