The 17 Mach2 isn't dying anytime soon.
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ive got lots i love my 17hm2
17 Mach 2 ammo
You mean that Wholesale Sports doesn't stock it? I just bought a carton from a local gun shop, and they keep it stocked regularly.
Buying a carton at a time should save you money. It is about a buck a box less that way. I pay about $6.95 a box for mine..........and that is much less than .22 target ammunition.
Cabelas in Winnipeg had some, and you might check TNT in Regina.
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You mean that Wholesale Sports doesn't stock it? I just bought a carton from a local gun shop, and they keep it stocked regularly.
Buying a carton at a time should save you money. It is about a buck a box less that way. I pay about $6.95 a box for mine..........and that is much less than .22 target ammunition.
Cabelas in Winnipeg had some, and you might check TNT in Regina.
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We have some left. We had 423,000 come in the spring, maybe 30,000 left. We'll do about the same order in a year. Seems like we need more every year, whether its getting a bigger following or whether less stores carry it?
Wholesale Saskatoon has seen very little interest in this round. Don't misunderstand this as no interest, it just never caught on like the HMR. I have looked at getting one myself but lack of available ammo keeps me from actually going through with it. I understand that Prophet River has it in stock but who do you go about finding what your particular rifle likes when ammo is purchased by the brick?
So where are you buying .22lr for $14 per brick?That would be about 1/5 the cost of 17Mach2.What gun/ammunition combo do you have that will consistently put five shots into less than an inch at 100 yards, for $14 per brick?How about 5 shots into half an inch at 100 yards,for $14 per brick?
We live in gopher Capital of the world and I havent seen much ammo in
HM2. Lots of HMR and 22 Mag but it does not seem popular. This not to say its a poor round but its not a popular choice amongst gopher shooters here in SK or at least in the neck of praires I shoot in.
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HM2. Lots of HMR and 22 Mag but it does not seem popular. This not to say its a poor round but its not a popular choice amongst gopher shooters here in SK or at least in the neck of praires I shoot in.
Cheers!!
I said that slightly tongue-in-cheek (thanks for choosing not to quote the winky smiley with my text, by the way
) And in all fairness I was thinking more of plinking and shooting critters than I was of longer-range precision rimfire shooting. I've honestly never tried to preform the type of shooting that you are referring to, so I really can't comment about it. I will concede that 17M2 ammo may not be quite 5x the price of most .22LR; it may only be 3 or 4 times the price, so I stand corrected. I was referring to shooting small game myself.Being able to shoot 1" or better allows me to make fairly consistent clean kills on ground squirrels at 100 yards,whereas 2"+ groups results in misses or wounded animals.A gun that does 1/2" at 100 yards,makes clean kills on ground squirrels even easier.Even though they are pests,I still like to make clean kills.To obtain 1" or better groups at 100 yards with a rimfire usually requires using higher priced ammunition,that often exceeds the price of 17Mach2 ammunition.Obtaining 1/2" groups at 100 yards almost always requires high dollar match ammunition that costs twice the price of 17Mach2 ammunition.So no,a 22lr does not always offer as much as the 17Mach2,even at equal prices for ammunition.
Then again,if you never shoot more than 50 yards or so,or are content to miss regularly at longer distances,then you might be better off with a 22lr.
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One crappy manufacturer making an HM2 upper means NOTHING in terms of the longevity of the cartridge. My bet is it's totally gonzo in 5 years.
17 Mach 2
No, we mean a 125 yard rifle with a much flatter trajectory than a .22 Long Rifle for the same or less cost than a box of lower end quality .22 Target ammunition; a rifle that is fairly easy to get 1 inch 100 yard groups with, and has better wind bucking ability. Another point is that it is relatively quiet, and there are VERY FEW RICOCHETS. Anyone who shoots a lot of .22 RF at Gophers will know about ricochets.
In a way, the 17 Mach 2 is sort of a "purpose built" rifle cartridge. It is very effective out to 125 yards on Varmints up to the size of a Fox, and where you are shooting near civilization, the lower sound is not "threatening" to the locals. I can usually get permission to hunt in some areas by showing the landowner the cartridge, explaining it's uses, even letting him fire a few rounds. Farmer Brown does not want his prize cow perforated by a ricochet, and I explain the breaking up feature of the 17 Mach 2 bullet to him.
To me, the 17 Mach 2 is a rifleman's cartridge, designed primarily for hunting small varmints. Yeah, it costs more to shoot, but the performance is worth it. If I go from Manitoba to southern Saskatchewan to have a field day with the gophers, the cost of the ammo is minor compared to the other costs of the trip.
COST: I was into Canadian Tire in Brandon the other day, and a box of .22 SHORT was close to TEN BUCKS.
As far as availibility and the "it'll be gone within a few years", Hornady has publicly committed themselves to long manufacture of the 17 Mach 2.
I fire 7 or 8 thousand rounds a year with the .22, mostly at Gophers, and about 1000 rounds of 17 Mach 2.
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You mean the potential to do everything the .22LR can do for only 5 times the cost?
No, we mean a 125 yard rifle with a much flatter trajectory than a .22 Long Rifle for the same or less cost than a box of lower end quality .22 Target ammunition; a rifle that is fairly easy to get 1 inch 100 yard groups with, and has better wind bucking ability. Another point is that it is relatively quiet, and there are VERY FEW RICOCHETS. Anyone who shoots a lot of .22 RF at Gophers will know about ricochets.
In a way, the 17 Mach 2 is sort of a "purpose built" rifle cartridge. It is very effective out to 125 yards on Varmints up to the size of a Fox, and where you are shooting near civilization, the lower sound is not "threatening" to the locals. I can usually get permission to hunt in some areas by showing the landowner the cartridge, explaining it's uses, even letting him fire a few rounds. Farmer Brown does not want his prize cow perforated by a ricochet, and I explain the breaking up feature of the 17 Mach 2 bullet to him.
To me, the 17 Mach 2 is a rifleman's cartridge, designed primarily for hunting small varmints. Yeah, it costs more to shoot, but the performance is worth it. If I go from Manitoba to southern Saskatchewan to have a field day with the gophers, the cost of the ammo is minor compared to the other costs of the trip.
COST: I was into Canadian Tire in Brandon the other day, and a box of .22 SHORT was close to TEN BUCKS.
As far as availibility and the "it'll be gone within a few years", Hornady has publicly committed themselves to long manufacture of the 17 Mach 2.
I fire 7 or 8 thousand rounds a year with the .22, mostly at Gophers, and about 1000 rounds of 17 Mach 2.
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I don't have a problem with buying 17 Mach2 ammo. There is lot's of it in Alberta and the price per box is just a bit more then a box of stingers. It hits hard and fast and everyone I know who have shot the gun I own, were very impressed. To me, they look like little red tipped darts and I can see why the 17 HMR is so popular. I think people in Canada, will eventually warm up to it's little brother. The fact that they are even making uppers for AR's means that it is very popular in the states.
I don't think 22lr uppers are cheap to buy either.
I don't think 22lr uppers are cheap to buy either.
Ive never really looked into one but it does sound like a nice companion rifle to take out in the field with a 22LR. I would sooner shoot something like that vs buying Velocitors @ $8.00 per 50
What are they priced at for 1000 rounds?
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