Any love for the 17 WSM?

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Curious if anyone has any experience with the 17 WSM.

Any suggestions for rifles in this calibre? There doesn't appear to be much out there.

(I shoot 17 HMR, .22 Hornet and other centrefire .22s but this one looks interesting.)
 
You have a great gopher gun in the hornet. ( fan boy here I guess ) the 17 WSM is 40-60 cents around, I reload my hornet for less. I have a 17 Rem as well but that’s a different fish. All said if you are wanting one try it, sell it of you don’t like it.
 
a j cave said:
You have a great gopher gun in the hornet. ( fan boy here I guess ) the 17 WSM is 40-60 cents around, I reload my hornet for less. I have a 17 Rem as well but that’s a different fish. All said if you are wanting one try it, sell it of you don’t like it.
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Good idea. It's an itch that needs scratching.
I love my Hornet (a ZKW 465) and have developed some excellent gopher loads for it. I was considering the 17 WSM as another gopher piece with the bonus of generating brass for a .25 Stevens rimfire rifle project.
 
A-zone said:
Curious if anyone has any experience with the 17 WSM.

Any suggestions for rifles in this calibre? There doesn't appear to be much out there.

(I shoot 17 HMR, .22 Hornet and other centrefire .22s but this one looks interesting.)
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Someone local to me who has a Family Farm in PG has one and shoots Coyotes and other 4 legged vermin sized game with it and really likes it.
I do think it is a savage that he has and while the gun isnt anything to rave about he does like it.
Myself, I can not justify the price of ammo for a one use cartridge.
A small cf round with the choice to reclaim brass and reload.
Sorry, just opinion based experience.
Rob
 
Tried the 17 rimfires, was dissapointed in their performance, then the price of ammo went nuts ($25 plus tax). Cheaper to reload for .22 K-Hornet and way more performance for less money. 17 rimfires pretty much useless in the wind anyway. JMO
 
I was really excited when the 17 wsm was released, but accuracy for the longest time has been horrible. Brass was very inconsistent and that hurt the accuracy. Volquartsen did produce some semi-auto 17wsm rifles and tried to build their summit rifle in it, but it was wo inconsistently not accurate that they canceled the summit in it and stopped building the semi autos.

The only bolt guns I've seen is the Savage B-Mag and the auger m77. If I was buying one, I'd for sure buy the Ruger.

Performance wise? Unless you're restricted to rimfire only (for example, here in Sask we are restricted to rimfire only for shooting upland game), I'd just reload and shoot the .22 hornet for varmints.
 
I've got two WSM's, one a HB Bmag I bedded into a Boyd's Pro Varmint. The other is a Ruger 77 that I installed a straight .92" Lilja barrel, Jard trigger and Boyd's PV. The Ruger is very accurate, out of the box it was horrible. I load for a 17 HH in a CZ 527, and yes it's faster and shoots great, but sometimes I don't feel like chasing brass in a cow pasture when I'm shooting gophers.
 
PGW Steve said:
I've got two WSM's, one a HB Bmag I bedded into a Boyd's Pro Varmint. The other is a Ruger 77 that I installed a straight .92" Lilja barrel, Jard trigger and Boyd's PV. The Ruger is very accurate, out of the box it was horrible. I load for a 17 HH in a CZ 527, and yes it's faster and shoots great, but sometimes I don't feel like chasing brass in a cow pasture when I'm shooting gophers.
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^was going to suggest 17 Hornet if the OP was a reloader...but I get it. I have a 527 Varmint in that caliber, fun/capable and accurate.
 
PGW Steve said:
I've got two WSM's, one a HB Bmag I bedded into a Boyd's Pro Varmint. The other is a Ruger 77 that I installed a straight .92" Lilja barrel, Jard trigger and Boyd's PV. The Ruger is very accurate, out of the box it was horrible. I load for a 17 HH in a CZ 527, and yes it's faster and shoots great, but sometimes I don't feel like chasing brass in a cow pasture when I'm shooting gophers.
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Get a single shot adaptor from James Calhoon, it is a real high quality piece, looks great, fits perfect and functions flawlessly. No need to "chase brass" ever again.
 
I was looking at the 17 WSM last year - didn't like the B-mag because I didn't want to have to put work into it and $$ to get it to shoot half decent - this should be done by the company making it in the first place. If I did go 17 caliber it would be the 17 Hornet and of course would reload for it - a pound of powder you can load a boat load of ammo.
 
I have most of the 17s in both rimfire and centre fire. My Bmag WSM won’t be going anywhere soon. It makes a mess of gophers and I like to change things up.
 
Bad Bob said:
Get a single shot adaptor from James Calhoon, it is a real high quality piece, looks great, fits perfect and functions flawlessly. No need to "chase brass" ever again.
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Totally off-topic, or sort of... I have one of those single-shot adapters from James and it won't feed properly. Beautifully-made pc. btw, but in a ziploc bagged pinned to the wall over my gun cleaning bench. lol
 
.22LRGUY said:
Totally off-topic, or sort of... I have one of those single-shot adapters from James and it won't feed properly. Beautifully-made pc. btw, but in a ziploc bagged pinned to the wall over my gun cleaning bench. lol
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I`ve got 3 and all are perfect. James is a real straight up guy and a real gun guy, give him a call and deal with it?
 
Bad Bob said:
Get a single shot adaptor from James Calhoon, it is a real high quality piece, looks great, fits perfect and functions flawlessly. No need to "chase brass" ever again.
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Those things are for single feeding, I don't need one for that. If I'm in a spot without many targets, and time to take long shots, slow unload and put the brass away, that is what I do with the Hornet. If I'm in a spot where it's polluted with them, the shooting is fast and furious and the WSM comes out with four magazines.
 
I love my BMag 17 WSM. I don't reload and have no desire to do so. Gophers, pigeons and crows hate the 17 WSM. Skunks and other vermin detest the round. To each their own. Too many on this and other forums are very critical of the 17 WSM, and in MOST cases the poster has never even owned or shot a 17 WSM. It is not a target round!! It is designed to take out critters at a longer distance than a .22, .22MAG, and a .17HMR. My BMAG does that very well. Would I buy again? In a heartbeat. Do I wish for another manufacturer for the rifle? Yes, I would love a CZ in 17 WSM!! JMHO!
 
extmc said:
I love my BMag 17 WSM. I don't reload and have no desire to do so. Gophers, pigeons and crows hate the 17 WSM. Skunks and other vermin detest the round. To each their own. Too many on this and other forums are very critical of the 17 WSM, and in MOST cases the poster has never even owned or shot a 17 WSM. It is not a target round!! It is designed to take out critters at a longer distance than a .22, .22MAG, and a .17HMR. My BMAG does that very well. Would I buy again? In a heartbeat. Do I wish for another manufacturer for the rifle? Yes, I would love a CZ in 17 WSM!! JMHO!
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This doesn't make a lot of sense to me. If it's supposed to take out critters at a longer distance than a 22lr or 17hmr isn't good accuracy a necessity?
 
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