I finally got a chance to get ammo and take my Ruger 17 WSM out for gopher shoot. I cannot believe how amazing this round is as wind, distance and anything else seems to not matter. It also leave no survivors which is a bonus. It is worth all the hype it makes shooting gophers a pretty fun day, other than the fact that I am going to run out ammo and never see it again. I am wondering if the blip in getting ammo for this gun is a blip or whether this is a dying round (as sure hope it's not).
17 WSM wow!
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Big bore dinosaur
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Agreed 100% it's a fun little round to blast those critters. Lots of splatters and none going back to the hole.. keep that barrel clean, 17 that fast will fowl up qiuck..
Ammo in a cool place is nice for maintaining accuracy, I keep the bolt open to cool down as much as possible, and not heat the round in the chamber..
Ammo in a cool place is nice for maintaining accuracy, I keep the bolt open to cool down as much as possible, and not heat the round in the chamber..
You don’t! That is the major drawback. Wish they would make a comeback
prairie lover
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Get a 17 hornet or fireball if you reload. A hornet in the gopher patch cannot be beat
I'd love a .221 with Irons and a detachable mag. That seems impossible without a time machine. I wish I had bought a 527 in something suitable for varmints when I had the chance a million different times...
The 17WSM is an impressive cartridge but lacked acceptance by gun and or ammunition manufacturers.
Volquartsen made a nice semiautomatic , that from my experience shoot very well. When they tried to develop a bolt action version in the Summit they encountered issues that they could not resolve to their satisfaction and dropped the cartridge entirely from their product line.
Volquartsen made a nice semiautomatic , that from my experience shoot very well. When they tried to develop a bolt action version in the Summit they encountered issues that they could not resolve to their satisfaction and dropped the cartridge entirely from their product line.
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I bought one of those semi auto 17 wsm rifles but couldn't keep it, unfortunately. It just wasnt safe. It misfired and blew out cases so I sent it back and then when they said it was good and sent it back to me, it blew up in my face they next time I took it to the range. They took the rifle back and I got my money back. In my opinion, a simple blowback design with a bottleneck casing is not the best approach, a locking delayed blowback is much safer of a design like what Savage uses in their A17 rifles.
CZ 527 in .22 K-Hornet, shoots a 40 V-Max at 3000+ fps. 550 loads to a pound of powder, virtually no recoil, can see bullet impact at 20x, very minimal muzzle blast, 1/2 MOA accuracy and big enough to not be overly wind sensitive, now that is the ultimate gopher killing machine.
Big bore dinosaur
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The beauty of the 17wsm.
After a long day of cleaning up fields of gophers.
It's nice not to think of reloding 200-300 brass, the rim fire is king of the lazy boy.
Happy shooting
After a long day of cleaning up fields of gophers.
It's nice not to think of reloding 200-300 brass, the rim fire is king of the lazy boy.
Happy shooting
Nailed it! Haha
