Dirt cheap .17 HMR. -- NEF?

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hey folks,
a farmer friend of mine - who currently only has an old Enfield - wants a cheap rimfire for shooting smaller pests/varmints around the farm. he says its getting expensive shooting at skunks with the old .303 :)
id loan him something but his idea of taking care of a gun is having it rattle around on the metal floor of his truck all day :runaway:

how are the .17HMR NEF hinge actions? theyre around $170 brand new.
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Accuracy wise they are supposed to be OK I only have centerfire handi's

I guess that depends on the pests, 22 runs out of usefulness pretty quick.

Though guys for years have been shooting 22 around the yard and such I would feel much better with the hmr and it's much lower richocet rate.

And as a truck gun nothing gets the first shot off faster than a break-open.
 
agree on the 22lr comments.. you can pick one up used pretty much anywhere.. I looked the the NEF HMR too. The knock against them was the trigger pull.

For the $170 you can pick up a Remmy 597 for pretty close to the same money .. .22lr semi auto plinker. More than enough for skunks and pests !
 
17's are relativly expencive compared to .22's can buy a brick of .22's for about the same price of a box of .17's

id likely go with a .22 semi or pump for pests on a farm. for a groundhog and such id likely go with something with longer reach. but for things that are close up a .22 should do the trick.
 
the NEF handi rifle heavy barrel single shot 17HMR is probably the most accurate 17 Ive owned. I can shoot out the tacks holding the target to the board at 75yds. I have a 6x24 Tasco on top. Less than 270 dollars for the whole set up.

Yup 17HMR ammo is about 13 bucks for 50.

I would not part with mine.
 
Agreed. I took a challenge to build a sub .5 MOA 100 yard rifle for 500.00...INCLUDING OPTICS! I bought that exact gun, tweaked the crap out of it, threw a 8-32X scope on it in crappy rings and hit the bench. First box sucked (Hornady)...like 1-1.25". Second box (CCI TNT HP's) printed 3/8" 5 shot groups. Total investment? 400 bucks....including tax!

Best value in an HMR.
 
manbearpig said:
hey folks,
a farmer friend of mine - who currently only has an old Enfield - wants a cheap rimfire for shooting smaller pests/varmints around the farm. he says its getting expensive shooting at skunks with the old .303 :)
id loan him something but his idea of taking care of a gun is having it rattle around on the metal floor of his truck all day :runaway:

how are the .17HMR NEF hinge actions? theyre around $170 brand new.
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That's funny, my rancher friend is the same. And he's got expensive guns in the tractors, like Sako, etc. - muzzle down on the floor. I've tried educating him, but he really doesn't care ;)
 
huntinstuff said:
the NEF handi rifle heavy barrel single shot 17HMR is probably the most accurate 17 Ive owned. I can shoot out the tacks holding the target to the board at 75yds. I have a 6x24 Tasco on top. Less than 270 dollars for the whole set up.

Yup 17HMR ammo is about 13 bucks for 50.

I would not part with mine.
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And IIRC, that particular rifle was once mine (we did some horse tradin' a while back). I killed gophers at 200M with it regularly......absolutely DEADLY accurate rifle for the money! I miss it BTW.....good to hear it is well loved....
 
I decided I couldn't go anywhere with my handi-rifle unless I took a cleaning rod along as well. Occasionally the wimpy extractor/ejector wouldn't do the job. Sold it.
 
I never heard of ejector problems with the rimfires, centerfire's yes, though that has been fixed with the switch to an mechanical extractor.
 
A little off topic, but shotguns are good for dispatching skunks. Quick kill and less chance of ricochet. I must confess though I have no experience with skunks and a 17hmr to make a comparison.
 
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