17 Hornet or Otherwise Which Brand of Gun?

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I used to have a Sako in 17 Remington; but traded it off years ago. Looking to add a 250M varmint gun with low recoil, low noise, sub MOA tack driver.

I have looked online at the Savage, Ruger and CZ in 17 Hornet, and on paper/online googling all look fairly nice.

Looking to start a discussion on the 17 Hornet or comparable 17's from anyone with experience, not the 204 or 223 etc.

Anyone have any experience with a 17 Hornet as these seem fairly available.
 
I had a savage rifle in 17 hornet when Cabelas first got them. Everything was fine till the action let go on a factory round on a warm summer day. Since then that gun was fixed and sold. Seems a lot of folks in the USa have picked up the cZ 527 and are liking them quite a bit. I have a good friend in Montana that has the 527 Varmint I believe and he loves it. FS
 
hometownhero said:
This shouldn't even be a question. If it is cz is the only answer.
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Kind of where my gut instinct was, it's like I know the Zeiss is $3,000 but the Swarovski is $2,200, the Nightforce is $1,600 etc etc.. All the three have been decent "brands" for me, I had a Savage in 223 that shot well, Ruger 10/22 and 7mm Mag both met expectations, CZ 455 was a humming little rig. The reason for a "poll" was experience seeking and my own experience to this day and it even beat my Anschutz 1813.. the most accurate 22 I ever has I picked up in Sault St Marie for $10 or $20 on the way moose hunting (pre Alan Rock) was a no name (?) Chinese Jaewoo or Daewoo (?) that I gave to my buddy for his sons first rifle.
 
I was leaning towards the CZ, but decided to wait for the ruger. I prefer stainless, and their magazines. I am sure the CZ is good quality, and will no doubt shoot great.
 
Something like the Browning Micro Midas would be pretty sweet, dunno that they are planning one in .17, though.

There is Cooper too, who will pretty much chamber in whatever you want, for a price.

The trotted up .22 rimfire action style guns for the Hornet type cartridges don't do anything for me at all. All the ones I have seen over the years have seemed cheap and inadequate.

Locking lugs is good! Wonder if Remington still has the tooling for their old 5mm Rimfire Magnum series of actions around? That would be a great place to start, IMO. Compact, strong, sized about right for a cartridge of that scale.

Cheers
Trev
 
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