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Ammunition in your .17 hmr handi ?
« on: August 17, 2006, 09:57:00 AM »
I seems that my handi is very finicky about the ammo I feed it. I seems to like the Hornady the best by far, the CCi's .o.k and it absolutely hates the winchester ammo >:( at 50 yards it will punch a little ragged hole with the hornady but will barely put 5 into 1 1/2-2 inches at the same distance. ??? I know every gun likes its own, I was wondering if anyone elses hadi has shown a disticnt preference like this????
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Re: Ammunition in your .17 hmr handi ?
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2006, 10:59:49 AM »
Mine likes the Hornady, it does not like the CCI, Nor Federal ammo.  At fifty yards I cann't tell any differance with Hornady and Federal, but at linger yardages the differances is appearant.  But I have no fear of not being able to hit a fox out to 200 yards, with either Hornady or Federal..
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Re: Ammunition in your .17 hmr handi ?
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2006, 11:26:52 AM »
My Sportster likes the Federal Vmax the best, although the Rems aren't too bad, shot this yesterday at 100yds while waiting for my centerfires to cool. Even various lot numbers of the same brand ammo may shoot different. You just need to try different ammo and find what it likes, have good magnification and parallax set for the range is very important too to shoot those tiny groups, mine has a 6-18x Swift mounted on it.

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Re: Ammunition in your .17 hmr handi ?
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2006, 11:50:32 AM »
Mine shows a definit preference for hornady. Federal it likes ok, but no like the hornady. I would honestly be afraid to hunt with the winchesters.
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Re: Ammunition in your .17 hmr handi ?
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2006, 11:41:27 PM »
....Hornady !
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Re: Ammunition in your .17 hmr handi ?
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2006, 09:05:53 AM »
Dang I was hoping someone would have more nice things to say about CCI because I found the TNT (which is a 17 gr hollow point) at Academy for $7.75 a box and that was not on sale. Oh well, I'll shoot them anyway and maybe mine will like them. It loves Hornady ... especially since I took Quick's advice and replaced the 3x9 with a 6x24 scope!
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Re: Ammunition in your .17 hmr handi ?
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2006, 01:48:12 PM »
First choice in mine is Fed, second is Hornady, both with the 17 gr V-Max.  All the others I've tried don't come close to being as accurate in my .17hmr Handi.
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Re: Ammunition in your .17 hmr handi ?
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2006, 02:02:11 AM »
Mine likes Hornady 17 gr V Max. Does not like CCI and Fed 20 gr at all.
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Re: Ammunition in your .17 hmr handi ?
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2006, 07:15:29 AM »
While at the range a few weeks ago shooting my big guns, I decided to try the .17 out at longer ranges.  I had left a 20oz soda bottle on the buroum at 337 yards.  First shot was about one foot low, second shot split the distance in half, third shot made the soda bottle jump.  I have the BSA sweet 17 scope on my NEF Sportster, and the point where the crosshairs go from a thick post to a fine hair is the spot to use at 337 yards.  After I figured that out I was hitting the bottle every shot.  I was surprised and so was the rest of the folks out there.  Now I was shooting from a rest, but still I think that is pretty darn good for a little 17gr bullet.  I was shooting Federal ammo with the Speer TNT bullet.  At first the gun did not like that ammo, but after shooting for a while it seems to get better and now shoots Federal ammo as well as the Hornady stuff.  I don't shoot for measurable groups much, I like to see things jump, explode, or fall dead.  Since I like to shoot 4"clay targets or soda bottles it's either a hit or a miss.
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Re: Ammunition in your .17 hmr handi ?
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2006, 03:40:06 PM »
Just a quick question..... Is CCI the only company that makes fmj ammo for this round?


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Re: Ammunition in your .17 hmr handi ?
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2006, 05:00:25 PM »
CCI is the only marketer of the FMJ at this time. ALL 17hmr ammo is made by CCI in their Lewiston plant, that includes CCI, Federal, Remington, Hornady, Winchester and S&B. This info comes from a CCI representative that posts on RFC. There are links below to the RFC .17hmr ammo forum and 17hmr forum, RFC is a great source for rimfire info.

Tim

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=30

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=15
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