17 HMR vs 22Mag

[innerpiece]

Ive dropped 5 yotes with my marlin 917.
1 up close about 50yds, 3 of them between 100-125yds, and the last was closer to 175...
I was quite confident in the farthest one, it ran for a cpl seconds then fell right over. but if I ever take a shot at that range again, it will be with the "peltkeepers" FMJ 20gr. because the 17gr Vmax diddnt come out the other side..

folks who havent shot a .17HMR, or have little exp with one, could easily doubt their preformance past 100yds.. even some folks who have shot a fair amont have their insecurities...

Ive gotten quite good with the lil marlin, and Ive learned you can do ALOT with a little, if you can put yer bullets in the right spot!

ip.

 

[MCgunner]

I traded for a Remington 597 magnum (a small dirt bike I didn't want anyway) and a 3x9 Bushnell. It's a nice, very accurate little rifle, but I really don't have anything to hunt with it. I mean, I have center fire rifles for yotes if I was really into that. I hunt squirrel with the venerable .22 rimfire, either short or LR versions, plenty for squirrel. If I lived out west there there are a lot of jack rabbits on the open desert to pop, I could use it for that, but for now, it's a great range plinker and I'm getting used to it.

I'll figure out something constructive to do with it, but really, we have no varmints other than coyote down here and I'm not big into coyote hunting. I just pop 'em when I see 'em deer hunting.

 

[marksman13]

The wind does not effect the 17 HMR the way I expected it to. The 17 HMR's ballistic coefficient is better than the 22 Mag's.

 

[stovepipe699]

Wind Drift

According to the chart I found,the 17 HMR drifted the least, followed by the standard 22LR load, and the worst were the 22 MAG 40 gr and the 32 gr hyper-vel 22 LR. I would have thought the 17 HMR would have been affected the most b/c of the light bullet. Maybe the brand and type of bullets used would alter the results alot. I stumbled on some trajectory and wind drift charts on a post on Rimfirecentral.com I'm not sure how to post a link, I'll try and find the thread again and get my wife to show me.

 

[marksman13]

The reason the 17 drifts less is because it has a higher ballistic coefficient than the 22 Mag. The bullet is less effected by wind.

 

[larry24]

Both Are Great Guns, Just Know The Limits Of Both............dont Expect Miracles From Either.