Re: 17 Remington Likes Dislikes
[Re: Monster Toms]
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04/08/20 08:14 PM
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Chan Nagle was making 30's a while back Most .17s won't handle 30's with out slowing the twist just a tad. Like Mercer, out of the hundreds of fox,cats coyotes I've dumped with numerous .17's I cant ever remember a hole that I was disappointed with. Even in fox a .50 cent piece size hole is rare. I did have a run of 28 straight coyotes a few years ago that required zero stitches. I have run 25 hornadys in my .17 Remington's since day one, slowed down to about 3550. Here was a good night/morning of calling with a factory .17 Remington. not much blood at all. x2 on this as well-I have shot a 17 Remington( caliber) for years and it is absolutely hands down the best fur cartridge out there-damage is extremely minimal.It is an exceptional varmint caliber for shooting fox and coyotes period.
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Re: 17 Remington Likes Dislikes
[Re: andrews1958]
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04/08/20 10:34 PM
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Wouldn't trade my Tikka 17 for anything as I hate fur damage. The only drawback is reach and as stated before, you have to hit em in the breadbasket.
Antelope, the original fast food!!
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Re: 17 Remington Likes Dislikes
[Re: andrews1958]
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04/09/20 03:59 AM
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Been shooting a .17 for about 49 ears bought my first one in 79 .Really good fur gun. My go to bullet was a Remington 25 grn. that is no longer available .Currently have a Tikka Continental iand love it
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Re: 17 Remington Likes Dislikes
[Re: super cub]
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04/09/20 04:06 AM
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My son has one, He killed 14 coyotes with it this past winter using the 25 gr Hornady bullet. it is a tack driver but the fur damage was the worst I have ever seen. most even shot perfect had holes as big as a soft ball. He switched back to his 204 for the rest of the winter. He is going to try the Burger bullets this winter, He worked up a load with the Burgers that are a 5 shot group you can cover with a dime I find that to be opposite the 204 is not near as fur friendly .
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Re: 17 Remington Likes Dislikes
[Re: super cub]
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04/09/20 09:58 AM
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My son has one, He killed 14 coyotes with it this past winter using the 25 gr Hornady bullet. it is a tack driver but the fur damage was the worst I have ever seen. most even shot perfect had holes as big as a soft ball. He switched back to his 204 for the rest of the winter. He is going to try the Burger bullets this winter, He worked up a load with the Burgers that are a 5 shot group you can cover with a dime You are probably the first person I've ever heard of complaining about fur damage with a 17 rem
Antelope, the original fast food!!
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Re: 17 Remington Likes Dislikes
[Re: Mercer Lawing]
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04/09/20 10:27 AM
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Mercer, I've never had any issues even with reds with fur damage. Now, I only use the 17 when calling which gives me a little more control on shot selection.
Antelope, the original fast food!!
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Re: 17 Remington Likes Dislikes
[Re: andrews1958]
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04/09/20 12:21 PM
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Yes, I was thinking in the 200yd range. I didn't know if a lite bullet going that fast would be impacted much with wind.
Thanks for the answers! You guys deal with more wind regularly than we do here in the hills and mountains.
Last edited by hippie; 04/09/20 12:22 PM.
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