17 Rem who is using one and what do you think?

Alot of serious coyote hunter who sell the furs use them around here and really like them. I think with the popularity of the .204 alot less of them will be around but still a sweet rig.
Ive heard two different therories about wind drift with these and since Ive never shot one I can't tell which one is true. Some guys say that any wind will cause them to drift alot while others say the cal is so fast and such a small diameter the wind has nothing to push on and stay pretty much on course to 300 yards?? Maybe some physics experts can provide some formulas and let us know??
Ive seen some real nice CZ's in .17 rems in Regina for some really decent prices. Id buy one and then buy some Berger bullets ( great .17 selection) and go town in a gopher patch or kill some yotes.

Cheers!!
 
scott_r said:
Ive heard two different therories about wind drift with these and since Ive never shot one I can't tell which one is true. Some guys say that any wind will cause them to drift alot while others say
Cheers!!
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People say lots of crap don't they? hee hee, I'll bet you can download your very own ballistics / physics expert from the net. I've used POINTBLANK, but there are lots of others out there for free. Download the program and pop in all kinds of bullet weights and speeds. Drift depends mostly on 'time spent in the wind'... and a 17Rem does a very nice job of minimizing that... ergo, nice and straight flight. Ditto with bullet drop, 'time spent in the freeflying presence of that magical thing we call gravity'. Everyone thinks 'light' things have to drift alot... like a ping pong ball in a cyclone or something... but get that sucker movin4500fps and it ain't gonna drift one noticable bit- it may MELT, but it won't have time to drift.:D
 
Drift is realative to what you're comparing it to. Drift with the 25gr VMAX at 4,000 fps will be in the same territory as a 40 or 50gr .224 out of a Swift at 4,000 fps. But take that same Swift and use a 55 or 60 grain bullet, and all of a sudden it starts looking a lot better. Or get a 243 and a nice 80-is grain bullet with its high BC.

Caliber is irrelevant when it comes to drift. The only two factors are bullet BC and velocity (and distance, wind speed, etc - of course)
 
Someone didn't snooze on that 700 that came and went last week. There's lots of myth's about the 17, especially about barrel fouling, but they're just that, myths

The only negative, and not a big one, is that you may need a new cleaning rod etc. and a powder funnel. If you have low dexterity sausage fingers, one might have problems loading bullets.
 
When it comes to the .17's there are far too many "armchair ballisticians" out there...believe NOTHING you hear unless the fellow is a bonafied 17 owner. My 17 Remingtons have never ceased to amaze me with thier capabilities. At 4300 fps they are shear lightning. Lack of recoil allows you to actually watch the bullet strike and believe me any varmint, including coyotes, are instantly dispatched out to 300 yrds. As for wind drift, from 0 - 300 yrds drift is no different than the venerable 22-250 or .308. Beyond that things begin to come apart as the little pill sheds its energy rapidly.
My advice would be to grab one and never look back
 
I have had my 17 Rem for a few years now any it is awsome on gophers, I have had no problem hitting them in fairly heavy winds and have shot over 50 rounds before cleaning and was still able to hit a gopher 200 yards out no problem. The wind drift and fouling stories ar just that, and the gopher at 200 yards still went about 3 feet in the air when I hit him. With gopher shooting altitude is everything. For those who have not been out west a gopher is about the size of a pop can, taller and thinner when they stand up on their hind legs.
 
Well I have my eye on a 700 light varmint, SS fluted composite stock. No wood to do funny wood stuff. I like the high velocity idea, had a 22-250 AI thats was like Thors hammer, inside 300 yards you could see the bullet spin in the exploding guts. Shot it out, now I am varminting with a .223 and 25/06, would be a nice addition to my battery.

Andy
 
You might also want to consider the 204 ruger. It has many of the same attributes as the 17's, but it's much more efficient 40's should mean it has a little more effective range.
 
tucker05 said:
When it comes to the .17's there are far too many "armchair ballisticians" out there...believe NOTHING you hear unless the fellow is a bonafied 17 owner. My 17 Remingtons have never ceased to amaze me with thier capabilities. At 4300 fps they are shear lightning. Lack of recoil allows you to actually watch the bullet strike and believe me any varmint, including coyotes, are instantly dispatched out to 300 yrds. As for wind drift, from 0 - 300 yrds drift is no different than the venerable 22-250 or .308. Beyond that things begin to come apart as the little pill sheds its energy rapidly.
My advice would be to grab one and never look back
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YEP..only gun I ever owned I could call my own shots :dancingbanana:
 
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