17hmr savage
- Thread starter ttop44
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I had a similar issue with my 10/22. Turns out the crap scope rings I was using were ever so slightly loose and the scope was moving an unnoticeable amount after every shot.
I don't know what you're using for sights/optics, but it may be worth a look.
Mine also likes the 17 gr. Hornady - tighten your scope down again and play with ammo a bit. 1 inch should be easily doable.
Also - how windy was it? wind can throw the 17 a fair bit at that distance.
the Dakota kid
CGN Regular
- Location
- London, ON
Aside from checking the mounts and rings I have heard the 17s foul faster than other bores so it could just need a good cleaning.
Something is definitely wrong though those Savage .17s shoot very well
Something is definitely wrong though those Savage .17s shoot very well
i tried cleaning it. i have a Mueller 4.5-14×40AO Tactical mounted on burris zee rings .i only tried hornady 17gr and also winchester supreme 17gr all on dead calm days. il try to torque the stock one night this week and see from there. i kinda hope its the stock cause i like the tacticool ones lol
the 17 gn. hornady does pretty poor for me. at least this lot... ;-) im finding the 20 gn hornady the best.
and all this talk about ammo brands, i dunno. Do you guys know all the .17 stuff is basically loaded at the same facility? and almost all the bullets are hornady of some sort? (if not all).
after doing ALOT of testing, ive come to the conclusion that the brand name has alot LESS to do with anything.... Its more about the lot# of the ammo were using. (IE): ive tried 17 gn hornady and it performed great. Then after i ran out, i got more, and it shot differently. It turns out it was from a different lot, and therefore the spec was different, I suggest going over to .17 HMR dot net and checking it out there, there's a couple threads on just this subject. And a sticky explaining the loading of the ammo....
here's a c&p of that initial post....
From Linda Olin:
" CCI, Federal, Winchester, Remington and Hornady all loaded here at CCI in Lewiston, Idaho with a V-max bullet are identical, with the exception of tip color. Manufactured on the same equip, to the same ballistic specs, using the same components other than color of the tip of the bullets. Obviously the shellcase 'head stamp' and packaging would be different on the various products. "
Linda Olin
CCI/Speer Technical Services
2299 Snake River Ave.
Lewiston, ID 83501
there you go. and after reading this, it made sense to me..... what im doing now, is when i go out and buy ammo, ill buy three boxes of different stuff, what i usually have good luck with, and if one shoots better then the rest, ill go back and buy up a bunch of it, providing its from the same lot...... and the fact that i find the remington stuff a couple bucks more a box, doesnt add up.... ;-(
and all this talk about ammo brands, i dunno. Do you guys know all the .17 stuff is basically loaded at the same facility? and almost all the bullets are hornady of some sort? (if not all).
after doing ALOT of testing, ive come to the conclusion that the brand name has alot LESS to do with anything.... Its more about the lot# of the ammo were using. (IE): ive tried 17 gn hornady and it performed great. Then after i ran out, i got more, and it shot differently. It turns out it was from a different lot, and therefore the spec was different, I suggest going over to .17 HMR dot net and checking it out there, there's a couple threads on just this subject. And a sticky explaining the loading of the ammo....
here's a c&p of that initial post....
From Linda Olin:
" CCI, Federal, Winchester, Remington and Hornady all loaded here at CCI in Lewiston, Idaho with a V-max bullet are identical, with the exception of tip color. Manufactured on the same equip, to the same ballistic specs, using the same components other than color of the tip of the bullets. Obviously the shellcase 'head stamp' and packaging would be different on the various products. "
Linda Olin
CCI/Speer Technical Services
2299 Snake River Ave.
Lewiston, ID 83501
there you go. and after reading this, it made sense to me..... what im doing now, is when i go out and buy ammo, ill buy three boxes of different stuff, what i usually have good luck with, and if one shoots better then the rest, ill go back and buy up a bunch of it, providing its from the same lot...... and the fact that i find the remington stuff a couple bucks more a box, doesnt add up.... ;-(
Get ammo on the EE...
I got almost 4000 rounds this past winter in two different deals for around $675 or so shipped.
Retail price would of been over $1000 plus tax even at a decent price and upnorth the prices got really stupid for a while (last couple of years between 17.99-19.99 per box of 50 everywhere except walmart) so I saved even more, TONS of cash actually buying on the EE.
I got almost 4000 rounds this past winter in two different deals for around $675 or so shipped.
Retail price would of been over $1000 plus tax even at a decent price and upnorth the prices got really stupid for a while (last couple of years between 17.99-19.99 per box of 50 everywhere except walmart) so I saved even more, TONS of cash actually buying on the EE.
hometownhero
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Toon Town, Sk
When I sighted mine in (savage fvss but now with boyds stock) It was shooting an inch or less at 100 yards. Dont really shoot paper with it so I cant really say whats the most accurate but winchester is a major problem in my gun. I really like the federal with the tnt(seems to be the same as cci tnt but $1 cheaper) It does gophers in real good. If I can smack a gopher thats all the accuracy I need.
