17 grain vs. 20 grain 17hmr
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I have never tried a 20 grain, but I did try almost every other brand of the 17 stuff. I found that there was a huge difference in accuracy, the worst in my gun was the Horandy, I still have 3 boxes of it that will never see my rifle.
Mine seems to prefer the Remington.
Mine seems to prefer the Remington.
I tried every brand I could find. Remington, Hornady, etc. and still I get 2" groups at 100 with any of the 17 grains and under an inch with the Hornady 20grain XTP ammo. Its not a big deal as its only .50-1.00$ more a box but most places don't carry the 20 grain so I tend to stock up when I find it. Got about 500 rounds of it right now as we're moving into varmint season.
Tired many brands of ammo for the .17HMR.
Rifle is a Henry Varmint Express. Using the cantilever mount with a Bushnell 1.25x4.5 scope, works great!
It does well with Remington Accutip-V, CCI FMJ/TNT, Hornady VMax, Federal V-Shock VMax/TNT, - all under 1"@100m. It absolutely did not like the Hornady XTP, the groups are all over the map! Very nice rifle, handles well, wanted a Winchester 94/17, but couldn't find one, heard they are rare and pricey!
Rifle is a Henry Varmint Express. Using the cantilever mount with a Bushnell 1.25x4.5 scope, works great!
It does well with Remington Accutip-V, CCI FMJ/TNT, Hornady VMax, Federal V-Shock VMax/TNT, - all under 1"@100m. It absolutely did not like the Hornady XTP, the groups are all over the map! Very nice rifle, handles well, wanted a Winchester 94/17, but couldn't find one, heard they are rare and pricey!
Same. The heavier polymer tipped bullets bullets worked way better in my Savage at 200 yds.
Not sure, but aren't all the loads/bullets manufactured by the same company under different labels? (CCI)
my savage thumbhole is exactly the same
Mine fouls up really fast with any other ammo but 20grain XTP
CCI Vmax, CCI 20grain FMJ, CCI 20 grain gameshock, CCI TNT, Federal Vmax, Federal FMJ all shoot ok for the first few shots then I loose all accuracy
I have a CZ 452 American in 17 HMR, and it shoots everything I feed it quite well. However, the 20 grain XTP hornady is positively the best! It shoots tiny little bugholes at 50 and well under 1 moa at 100 if I do my part. Best ammo in this rifle so far. I laid in a bit because it is so good. Regards, Eagleye.
I have two Savages in 17 hmr. Black synthetic/blued barrel with standard trigger and a Thumbhole laminated/SS w/Accutrigger. Black one will shoot anything well. Both seem to like the Hornady 17 g vmax the best. The only other brand I've shot a lot of is the Winchester 17gr poly tips. The thumbhole didn't like it much.
