My new tool: Savage 93R17BTVS 17HMR!

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Well, I loved the idea of the 17HMR round, not very loud, flatter then the 22LR, killing power, etc. After shooting a friends "low end" Savage 93, and getting consistent 1.5" groups at 100m, with four different brands of ammo, I just had to get one!

So, here is my Savage 93R17BTVS!
Caliber: .17 HMR
Overall Length: 39.5"
Barrel Length: 21"
Weight: 6 lbs
Magazine Capacity: 5 rounds
Stock: Brown laminated vented thumbhole
Sights: No factory sights. Scope base came factory installed. It is wearing a Tasco Varmint 2.5-10x42mm with true mildot illuminated reticle and 1/4 M.O.A. Glove-Grip Turrets.
Rifling Rate of Twist: 1 in 9"
Features: New AccuTrigger, stainless steel bolt action, button-rifled heavy varmint barrel, swivel studs, vented thumbhole with detachable magazine.

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Shoots well under MOA groups all day long (no wind). For punching paper I guess I could use more magnification to tighten the groups up a bit.

The reason why I call this gun a tool, and not a toy, is it has a specific purpose. My friend has been loosing a lot of chickens to creatures unknown. We setup a nightvision camera in the coupe, and low and behold, skunks were prying the door open, looking for eggs, and when the chickens tried to defend their nesting boxes, the skunks would kill em and try and eat the eggs outa thier butts. Gross. Traps didn't work out well for her. So, midnight critter sniper duty is the purpose for this gun, and it is doing it's job very well!

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Mr. Stinky. He had a brother too.

This is the ammo I've mostly been using in it:

Hornady 83170 , 17 HMR, V-Max, 17 GR, 2550 fps, 50 Rd/bx - $15/box.

HORNADY MFG CO Varmint Express Ammunition

These V-max cartridges deliver the kind of velocity and flat trajectory that
will forever change the expectations of rimfire accuracy. Polymer tips, select
brass, and powerful propellants make these cartridges the most accurate
and hardest hitting cartridges available today.

SPECIFICATIONS:
Mfg Item Num: 83170
Caliber: 17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire
Bullet Type: V-Max
Bullet Weight: 17 GR
Muzzle Energy: 245 ft lbs
Muzzle Velocity: 2550 fps
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I'm lovin the stuff so far! Sure does make a mess. Not good for skunks if you don't want the smell around, unless you can get em in the head ;)

Sorry for the low quality pics, definitely not up to my standard.
 
What range is that skunk at? Seems like you'd blow him to smithereens at 25 yards with a .17 HMR.

I hit a rock (the size of a 2L milk jug) 3 times in a row at 275 Y last spring. Awesome round, awesome rifle.

LH
 
Lionhill said:
What range is that skunk at? Seems like you'd blow him to smithereens at 25 yards with a .17 HMR.
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He's at about 30 meters. It did blow him to peices. I hit him as he was climbing into that cat door, hit him just below the shoulder blades. Decapitated him and his head went into the barn, front left leg went left about 1 ft, rest of his body dropped straight down. Huge splatters on the wall. When the property owner cleaned up the mess in the morning she thought I had somehow got him to eat a stick of TNT and blew it up :D.

But damn, the smell. I gotta go for headshot next time :puke:.

-Jamie M.
 
Matt_P said:
pics of the damage!
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Are you joking!? I couldn't get anywhere near it :puke:. I was worried about getting skunk smelly juice on my shoes mostly :D.

The smell was so bad that the property owner already had it cleaned up and buried (in the manure pile) by the time I got there the next day.

I will bring my digital camera and camcorder with me tonight, see if I can get some splat pics/vids.

-Jamie M.
 
haha awesome!

Last winter I made the mistake of driving over a dead skunk with the heater on full blast haha man that was a fun time.
 
Not to betray a total lack of knowledge of animal anatomy, but do varmints go into rigor mortis (if there is enough of their body remaining)? Also, do their..."smell pouches" pour out if/when they come out of rigor?
 
I know nothing about animals, but I can tell you this one smelt right away, and the shot went right through his spine, so I know he didn't tell himslef to spray. I'm pretty sure the explosive shock of the round squeezed out the juice or ruptured the sack.

I heard with headshots they don't spray at all, dunno if that applies if they sit for a while.

Next time, headshot! :bangHead:

-Jamie M.
 
Won't be tonight. Lots of rain and I didn't want to get wet (not to mention the roof of the barn is damn slippery when wet, especially from dew :D).

Also might need to bring a bigger gun, incase you didn't see the story in hunting, this is an e-mail I sent to the property owner the other day:

"Night started pretty quiet at 11:00pm. My shot on the barn target let me set my scope for a perfect shot there, and shooting straight down, the shot is waaaaaay off, but basically, if you aim for the skunks right ear, you’d hit em right at the base of the neck/between shoulder blades.

At 12:45am a skunk showed up. Came from the sand ring gate, was being very cautious, walked over to the coupe door, then behind the edge of the harrow, but never into the light enough for me to get a good shot. He never went any closer to the cat door, just turned around and went behind the barn.

At 1:15am he was back. Came from the same direction. When he got to the coupe door, he started biting and clawing at the bottom right corner. He had it pulled open pretty good, I could hear the latch clanging, but he eventually gave up. He headed for the cat door and right as he went to jump in I shot him in the back, between the shoulder blades, right through his spinal cord, instantly dead (you can see the cool blood splatter and bullet hole on the side of the barn just below the cat door).

I grabbed the shovels and moved him to where the other dead skunk was the night before (so he wouldn’t interfere with any other skunks or critters that would like to show up).

I was barely back up on the roof of the barn, around 1:30am, I heard something large going through the row of trees/bush just behind the sand ring. I could hear big twigs/branches snapping, branches rustling, etc. The horses went crazy running around in circles, cats took off like a bat outa hell, frogs stopped croaking, then dead silence, it was weird. I could hear it walking through the tall grass along the edge of the sand ring fence. My breathing got a little heavier, which was making it hard for me to hear it moving. As it got closer I could faintly see its outline, and then it stopped just on the coupe side of the last light pole for the sand ring. It appeared to jump up with its front legs onto the TOP sand ring rail and take a look around, sniffed a few times in the air (I could hear it sniff, but couldn’t hear it breathe, sounded like a dog sniff, but longer inhale). This thing was huge!! I took my scope and zoomed in for a better look, couldn’t see a thing, too dark over there. I woke up the camcorder by hitting the record button (it was already turned on but in sleep mode), hit night vision mode and immediately it snapped its head and looked right at me! Big eyes, far apart, glowing green because of the IR illuminators (was looking at the camera LCD). I couldn’t get a clear picture through the night vision because the lens was covered in dew. I tried turning up the night vision, but the brighter I made it, the blurrier it got. I tried to wipe off the end of the lens so I could get a clear picture but as soon as I moved, it took off. Very fast pace, sounded like a Daisy (very huge Belgian horse the property owner has) fast canter. It was heavy, you could feel the thud of its foot steps. It ran down the outside of the sand ring fence and right through the stand of trees/bush at full speed! It snapped a few big branches on its way through, then stomped off into the distance.

I couldn’t believe it saw me! After I waited a few mins to make sure it was gone (ok, an hour), I walked down to that edge of the sand ring and had a look back at the barn. I even had my rifle hanging over the edge so the silver barrel would stand out. I couldn’t see a thing except for the glare of the flood lights! This thing must have night vision too! (I originally thought it had seen the red flashing record LED on the front of the camera, but as it turns out, it wasn't on cause it wasn't recording).

Needless to say, for whatever that was, I’ll need a bigger gun."

Crazyness. Unfortunatly I found out that if you wake up the camera (I was running it on battery because the extension cord didn't reach to the peak of the roof which is my new spot) by hitting the record button, you have to hit it twice to actually start recording (missed both the skunk shot, it was a beauty, and the El Chupacabra). Not that you woulda seen much anyway. (mental note for next time, leave lens cap on until ready to shoot video).

-Jamie M.
 
Something with silver bullets seems in order for that one. Maybe some garlic around your neck to just in case it's cross bred.:eek::D
 
Glad to hear you're giving el stinko a hard time! Don't you believe those stories about a skunk not spraying if shot in the head though! I have shot a bunch of skunks in various parts of the anatomy, including the head, and they pretty much spray regardless. The odd one does not, for unknown reasons, but I can assure you, a shot in the head is no guarantee. Regards, Eagleye
 
nice tool i was lucky the first time i held one i was still waiting on my PAL (which you would not believe the storys i have heard on how many differant permits there are being issued, pac, fac and about 6 others retards) cause i was like i want still considering it if i can get the money
 
It was outside her sand ring. No sand there, packed dirt. No tracks were found. The field had big hay in it, and the ground is rolled flat by the farmer, and not having rain in weeks, I can't even make a track by jumping on one foot as hard as I can. No hair left on fence it stood up on, and some freshly broken branches in the bush line, but no hair could easily be found.

I got a call back from the MNR this morning, they've received lots of large black bear complaints in Aurora, Cannington and Uxbridge, so they took a copy of my report as well.

-Jamie M.
 
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I sure hope not. No mountains around here :D.

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I think it mighta seen the reflection off the end of the scope lens. I think I'll need a killflash ard to help hide the reflection :).

-Jamie M.
 
Maybe one of our sasquatch's from Manitoba headed east on a walkabout. It's mating season for them as they have a spring rut. Be careful out there in the dark and stay clean shaven so he does think your a potential mate. :)
 
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